After 22 years studying workforces: the AI question isn't replacement, it's 'what kind of people'
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-10-25
Amanda Goodall, who has studied corporate workforces for 22+ years, argues AI's labor impact is far more complex than 'does AI replace workers': companies are simultaneously eliminating roles, suppressing hiring, shifting work to vendors, and building new capabilities. The real question is whether companies will need fewer people or simply very different people. She's most concerned about displaced workers' education and experience—decades of expertise don't translate into suddenly demanded capabilities—and sees no reskilling evidence approaching the required scale. Quoting adamtaggart: agentic AI is so easy and valuable it will change the world, and companies will need far fewer humans—robots not even factored in.
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