Is AI slopifying the job market? (Two Indicators)

<em>Vote for us in NPR’s People’s Choice Awards: </em><a href="http://npr.org/peopleschoice"target="_blank" ><em>npr.org/peopleschoice</em></a><em> </em><br/><br/>AI is already reshaping how people find work. Fewer entry-level jobs, robot recruiters, and ever-changing new skill requirements all add up to a new, daunting landscape for humans trying to find dignified work.<br/><br/>Today on the show: two stories from the edges of a changing labor market. First we’ll assess claims that AI is causing a white collar job apocalypse. What does the data actually say? We meet an economist who has found one small but fascinating way to measure the impact of AI on workers. <br/><br/>Then, we go face-to-face, or at least voice-to-voice, with AI. We meet a robot recruiter for a job interview and find cause to ask, ‘When might that actually be preferable to a human recruiter?’<br/><br/><a href="https://www.planetmoneybook.com/"target="_blank" ><em>Pre-order the Planet Money book and get a free g...