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AI's employment impact debated; LLM confidence scoring questioned

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A recent NBER survey of 9,000 executives indicates that AI has had no net impact on company employment over the past three years. The majority of these executives anticipate a similar lack of significant net change in employment due to AI in the coming three years. Separately, a blog post argues that using Large Language Models (LLMs) for confidence scoring is a flawed approach. AI

IMPACT AI's net effect on job creation and elimination remains uncertain, with differing expert opinions on its future impact.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an opinion piece discussing a study on AI's employment impact and a blog post critiquing LLM usage.

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Joe McKendrick, Senior Contributor ·

    It’s A Wash: AI Will Create As Many Jobs As It Eliminates, Study Suggests

    NBER survey of 9,000 executives finds AI has had zero net effect on firm employment over the last three years, and a majority predict little net impact over the next three years.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · h4ckernews ·

    Using LLM for confidence scoring is a bad idea https:// rumple.github.io/blog/2026/10/ 20/asking-llm-for-confidence.html Comments: https:// news.ycombinator.com

    Using LLM for confidence scoring is a bad idea https:// rumple.github.io/blog/2026/10/ 20/asking-llm-for-confidence.html Comments: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0176082 # HackerNews # LLM # confidence # scoring # AI # ethics # machine # learning # tech # critique

    LINKS rumple.github.io/…/asking-llm-for-confide…

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