McKinsey: Automation could absorb half of U.S. work hours by 2035. The bigger challenge is skills

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Good morning. AI could automate more than half of U.S. work hours over the next decade. But that doesn’t mean half the workforce will disappear.

That’s a key finding of new research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). The report estimates that technological and economic changes could reduce labor demand by the equivalent of 36 million jobs over the next decade.