Every Generation Thinks This Time Is Different: The AI Job Myth

Learn more about AI & the Future of Work here → https://ibm.biz/~9TPlzzY4X Every generation thinks new technology will eliminate jobs. Jeff Crume and Bri Kopecki explore how cars, electricity, PCs, the internet, and now AI changed work throughout history. Learn why AI automates tasks, creates new opportunities, and may reshape jobs more than it replaces them. 00:00 - Why Every Generation Thinks “This Time Is Different” 00:23 - The Horse Economy: When Cars Replaced an Entire Industry 01:32 - How New Technologies Create More Jobs Than They Destroy 02:28 - Electricity, PCs, and the Internet: Repeating the Same Pattern 03:48 - Smartphones and the Rise of Entirely New Economies 04:45 - The ATM Example: When Automation Increases Jobs 05:32 - Jevons Paradox: Why Efficiency Creates More Demand 06:43 - AI and Software: Faster Development Means More to Build 07:20 - Why Headlines Miss the Jobs on the Other Side of the Mountain 08:35 - Technological Unemployment Myths Through History 09:26 - Jobs Are Bundles of Tasks — AI Removes Tasks, Not Work 10:55 - The Real Future: Learn the Tools, Invent the Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet 11:58 - Despite Predictions, Unemployment Hasn’t Spiked from AI AI news moves fast. Sign up for a monthly newsletter for AI updates from IBM → https://ibm.biz/~dnD2PpLvP AI was used in the creation of the transcript and metadata for this video. #aijobs #futureofwork #aiagents #automation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find us on YouTube: 🔵 IBM Technology: https://www.youtube.com/@IBMTechnology 🔵 IBM: https://www.youtube.com/@IBM 🔵 IBM Developer: https://youtube.com/@IBMDeveloperAdvocates