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AI efficiency paradoxically fuels offshore call center job growth

Despite predictions of AI-driven job displacement, offshore call center employment, particularly in the Philippines, has nearly doubled over the past decade, now employing 2 million people. This trend illustrates the Jevons paradox, where increased efficiency and lower costs from AI lead to greater demand for services, rather than reduced employment. While some companies like Salesforce are integrating AI agents, economists suggest this will expand the market and create new roles, rather than simply replace existing ones, as seen with the increased demand for radiologists. AI

影响 AI's efficiency gains are increasing demand for offshore services, challenging predictions of widespread job displacement and highlighting market expansion.

排序理由 The cluster discusses an economic theory (Jevons paradox) applied to AI's impact on the labor market, citing economists and company statements, rather than a specific AI product release or research milestone.

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AI efficiency paradoxically fuels offshore call center job growth

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    The AI boom hasn’t stopped U.S. companies from hiring cheap offshore labor, and overseas call center employment is still skyrocketing

    “The technology that was supposed to shrink the industry is fueling its expansion,” said Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

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  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    The Jevons Paradox says efficiency creates more demand, not less. Make legal work cheaper, more people use lawyers, you need more lawyers. Then I read his cavea

    The Jevons Paradox says efficiency creates more demand, not less. Make legal work cheaper, more people use lawyers, you need more lawyers. Then I read his caveat: "AI is moving faster than all these previous technologies, and when you strain a system more than it's usually strain…