Workers using AI assistants for specific tasks, showing task-based automation

MIT Study Shows AI Displaces Tasks, Not Whole Jobs

MIT Study Brings Reassurance: AI is Replacing Tasks, Not Jobs For years, headlines have warned of an impending “AI apocalypse” in the labor market, predicting widespread unemployment as machines replace human workers. But a new study from MIT, published this week, paints a more nuanced—and hopeful—picture. According to the research, AI is not eliminating jobs…