Study: 75% think their job is safe from AI, but 70% say others' aren't
ForgotMyParachute · reddit · 2026-11-06
A Reddit post cites a SAGE journal study revealing a striking asymmetry: 75% of people believe their own job is safe from AI replacement, while 70% believe most other people's jobs are at risk—a systemic exceptionalism bias.
The poster pushes the logic one step further: if you believe your job won't be replaced but most others will, you're implicitly claiming everyone who disagrees made an error—so what did you figure out that they didn't? The author's guess: people believe what they want to be true. Everyone wants every other job automated but their own preserved, so we mistake that wish for a factual assessment.
The post quantifies the widespread self-serving optimism in debates about AI's impact on employment.
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