AI should probably be in big old scare quotes, as I suspect even so-called “AI” (i.e. neural network stuff) isn’t what’s being used, but a bunch of different, mostly conventional software systems.
I’m reminded of the last recession, where a number of tasks in HR were automated by web-based third-party companies - some of the tasks remained, but just got pushed onto whoever was remaining at the company (i.e. they had to do more work without their job title or salary changing). I’m assuming this will be a similar situation - it won’t replace whole jobs, just enough of the work being done by enough people that mass layoffs are possible, and the remaining jobs will consist of the bits they couldn’t automate (and probably crappier).
