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Ford CEO Jim Farley: Blue-collar labor shortages are hampering AI data center expansion, reshoring plans

Ford CEO Jim Farley: Blue-collar labor shortages are hampering AI data center expansion, reshoring plans

The United States can’t actualize its moonshot AI goals if it’s lacking key workers to bolster the infrastructure to build the technology, according to Ford CEO Jim Farley. With AI predicted to balloon to a $4.8 trillion market by 2033, Farley warned the U.S. has overlooked the labor needed to build and sustain data centers and manufacturing facilities. While President …

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America's blue-collar workforce is shrinking – Axios

America’s blue-collar workforce is shrinking  Axios What the latest jobs report means for you … buckle up  CNN Donald Trump maelstrom likely to leave US economic model unrecognisable | Heather Stewart  The Guardian Analysis | The U.S. could tumble into recession before seeing Trump’s promised golden age  The Washington Post US hiring stalls with employers reluctant to expand in an economy grown increasingly erratic  AP …

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Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work

Blue-collar jobs are gaining popularity as AI threatens office work

Geoffrey Hinton’s message on a recent podcast about artificial intelligence was simple: “Train to be a plumber.” Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist often called “the Godfather of AI,” said in June what people have now been saying for years: Jobs that include manual labor and expertise are the least vulnerable to modern technology than some other career paths, many …

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Palantir CEO warns of America’s AI ‘danger zone’ as he plans to bring ‘superpowers’ to blue-collar workers

Palantir CEO warns of America’s AI ‘danger zone’ as he plans to bring ‘superpowers’ to blue-collar workers

Palantir Technologies just achieved a milestone that would have seemed outlandish even to its boldest promoters a year ago: a first-ever billion-dollar quarter, propelled by a runaway boom in artificial intelligence that is now fundamentally transforming how the company operates—and how many employees it believes it needs. The software and data analytics giant reported $1 billion in revenue for its …

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