News alert: AI job losses ahead
White-collar threat grows

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The “godfather of AI” says the job wipeout is just beginning

Nobel Prize–winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton warned that AI systems could make major leaps in 2026, allowing them to replace far more white-collar work, including parts of software engineering. He said the biggest incentive isn’t productivity — it’s eliminating human labor, with serious risks if regulation lags.
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