AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030

AI-pocalypse AI and automation could wipe out 6.1 percent of jobs in the US by 2030 – equating to 10.4 million fewer positions that are held by humans today.

This is according to Forrester veep and principal analyst J.P. Gownder, who states in a blog: "To give you a sense of the magnitude, the US lost 8.7 million jobs during the Great Recession. The numbers aren't directly comparable, since jobs lost to AI are structural and permanent while those lost during a recession are cyclical and macroeconomic. But no matter how you view it, the numbers are meaningful and worthy of our attention."

The US population has also grown since the early part of this century, further muddying the waters when talking about absolute numbers.

The "real but modest impact" that Forrester models between 2025 and 2030 suggests that the replacement of large chunks of the ...