“AI may be everywhere, but it's nowhere in recent productivity statistics”

Gownder said historically, the loss of industrial and manufacturing jobs … was driven by globalization not robotics, and he sees a similar scenario playing out now with AI.

“Outsourcing is a very popular one,” he said. “They’re firing people because of AI, and then three weeks later they hire a team in India because the labour is so much cheaper.”

— https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/forrester_ai_jobs_impact/