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AI could replace 6% of US jobs by 2030.
Not all recent job cuts are a direct result of AI.
The US's productivity rate could indicate the real impact of AI.
AI might not be putting you on the breadline just yet.
A new report from research firm Forrester found that despite rampant anxiety around AI-driven job loss, the ubiquitous technology may only replace about 6% of jobs (about 10.4 million) in the US by 2030.
The report, which launched at the end of December and is titled "The Forrester AI Job Impact Forecast, US, 2025–2030," highlighted strategies for keeping AI job loss panic on a low simmer and pointed out ways in which hype may be clouding our understanding of what's really happening on the job market.
"It's not a small number, and [AI] will influence many more jobs and augment them and change how we work. That doesn't mean it's an apocalypse in the way that many people assume," Forrester VP, Principal Analyst J.P. Gownder told ZDNET.
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