“#AI is cleverer than digital technologies of old. But the same logic of technological change seems likely to apply. For one thing, today’s artificially intelligent #systems have what ai scholars call “jagged intelligence”, displaying uneven and inconsistent performance. Being good at 95% of a task is not enough when the remaining 5% involves #EdgeCases and discretion. Evidence from #Anthropic, drawing on millions of anonymised interactions with its models, bears this out.
Only around 4% of #occupations use ai across three-quarters or more of their tasks; hardly any can be #automated in full. As with the #computer, ai is reducing the #cost of specific cognitive activities—drafting #text, writing #code, gathering #information or running standard analyses—rather than replacing whole #roles.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork < https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/26/why-ai-wont-wipe-out-white-collar-jobs> (paywall) / < https://archive.md/8o49V>
