Financial Times 2026-05-31-2
Should AI steal your job?
Every "X% of jobs exposed to AI" headline prices the model, not the outcome: the flagship estimates diverge by an order of magnitude (40% per the IMF, 300mn per Goldman, 92mn per Forbes) because exposure is a property of the model while displacement is a property of the institution. Radiologist headcount rose after Hinton told the field to stop training them in 2016, since the job was never just reading scans, cheaper imaging expanded demand, and insurers refuse to underwrite full autonomy. Regulated, liability-heavy, demand-elastic verticals re-rate slower than exposure scores imply, and the pushback now starting may mark a local top in the AI-displacement narrative.