Black workers at risk; AI tech revolution fueling new threat

Worries about AI one day replacing human workers have intensified in
recent years — and as it turns out, that future has already arrived.

MIT released a study last year that found that AI can already replace
11.7% of the US labor market. The study utilized a labor simulation
tool called the Iceberg Index, which models 151 million US workers and
measures how AI overlaps with skills in each occupation.

As AI starts to replace human workers, companies have been
increasingly open about the role AI adoption is playing in recent
layoffs. However, while some companies have directly cited AI as a
reason for workforce reductions, others have vacillated with their
messaging, leaving ambiguity around the exact reasoning and whether AI
is directly replacing workers.