Not mentioned by Congressman Lieu is the rolling thunder of worker displacement, initially for low-skilled, low-paid workers doing repetitive tasks.  This is already well underway.  In sales today, meetings need to be coordinated for product demonstrations and video calls requiring multiple touchpoints to confirm scheduled and reschedule missed calls.  Programs are available to do the same tasks using an AI program that today costs $25K per year.  The program works beautifully and can easily replace two or more sales development representatives being paid $50K and up.  That math is obvious.That same pattern will be established further up the line as AI will easily be employed to replace those workers pounding out phone call after phone call to other workers in other businesses who, for the most part, do not want to speak with them.  While this may be a blessing to many of us, the effects on mid-level workers will be devastating as their skills have become obsolete and unnecessary.Take these scenarios to other jobs in customer service, medical coding, banking, and insurance, and more, and the effects are clear.  Exponentially greater worker productivity without encumbering labor costs associated with hiring workers.  Add Machine Learning to the mix, and soon enough, AI will replace higher-level workers and professionals as easily as their lower-level former co-workers.

Not mentioned by Congressman Lieu is the rolling thunder of worker displacement, initially for low-skilled, low-paid workers doing repetitive tasks.  This is already well underway.  In sales today, meetings need to be coordinated for product demonstrations and video calls requiring multiple touchpoints to confirm scheduled and reschedule missed calls.  Programs are available to do the same tasks using an AI program that today costs $25K per year.  The program works beautifully and can easily replace two or more sales development representatives being paid $50K and up.  That math is obvious.That same pattern will be established further up the line as AI will easily be employed to replace those workers pounding out phone call after phone call to other workers in other businesses who, for the most part, do not want to speak with them.  While this may be a blessing to many of us, the effects on mid-level workers will be devastating as their skills have become obsolete and unnecessary.Take these scenarios to other jobs in customer service, medical coding, banking, and insurance, and more, and the effects are clear.  Exponentially greater worker productivity without encumbering labor costs associated with hiring workers.  Add Machine Learning to the mix, and soon enough, AI will replace higher-level workers and professionals as easily as their lower-level former co-workers.

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