Not quite an apocalypse: AI could replace 6% of US jobs by 2030, Forrester report finds.
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A new report from research firm Forrester found that despite rampant anxiety around AI-driven job loss, the ubiquitous technology may only replace about 6% of jobs (about 10.4 million) in the US by 2030.
The report, which launched at the end of December and is titled “The Forrester AI Job Impact Forecast, US, 2025–2030”, highlighted strategies for keeping AI job loss panic on a low simmer and pointed out ways in which hype may be clouding our understanding of what’s really happening on the job market.
The report comes at a time when businesses are grappling with how to effectively implement and scale AI across their workforces, balancing the promises of cost savings and increased productivity with the reality of existing in the early days of buzzy tools like AI agents.
Meanwhile, workers are wondering how long they’ll be able to keep their jobs.
