A recent MIT study dropped some heavy numbers: AI could potentially replace 11.7% of the nation's workforce.
That's not just factory jobs anymore. We're talking about tasks across sectors—customer service, data analysis, even creative fields. The automation wave isn't coming; it's already here.
What strikes me is how this intersects with the decentralized economy. While traditional jobs face AI disruption, blockchain and Web3 are creating entirely new roles that didn't exist five years ago. Smart contract developers, DAO coordinators, NFT strategists.
Maybe the real question isn't how many jobs AI will take, but whether we're building new economic models fast enough to absorb the shift.
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MEVSupportGroup
· 18h ago
11.7% sounds nice, but the ones being replaced won't be the ones writing this research, haha.
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YieldWhisperer
· 18h ago
nah hold up, the math on this whole "web3 replacing displaced workers" narrative doesn't actually check out tho. 11.7% sounds scary until you realize—actually let me examine the contract here—how many of those new "DAO coordinator" jobs are just ponzi farms in disguise? saw this exact tokenomics design in 2021, classic death spiral pattern incoming
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ThreeHornBlasts
· 18h ago
11.7% sounds like a lot, but it feels like traditional employment has been in chronic decline... The real opportunities are still on-chain, and new positions in Web3 are indeed rising explosively.
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StillBuyingTheDip
· 18h ago
Nah, this 11.7% figure sounds scary, but over here in web3, we've already been creating new opportunities, so it's really not that pessimistic.
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BlockchainNewbie
· 18h ago
11.7% This number sounds scary, but what I'm more concerned about is the latter part... New jobs in Web3 are being created so quickly that I can't keep up.
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MrDecoder
· 18h ago
11.7% sounds quite scary, but what concerns me more is the latter part... Traditional jobs are being squeezed, while Web3 is crazily generating value? Isn't this the new Matthew effect?
A recent MIT study dropped some heavy numbers: AI could potentially replace 11.7% of the nation's workforce.
That's not just factory jobs anymore. We're talking about tasks across sectors—customer service, data analysis, even creative fields. The automation wave isn't coming; it's already here.
What strikes me is how this intersects with the decentralized economy. While traditional jobs face AI disruption, blockchain and Web3 are creating entirely new roles that didn't exist five years ago. Smart contract developers, DAO coordinators, NFT strategists.
Maybe the real question isn't how many jobs AI will take, but whether we're building new economic models fast enough to absorb the shift.