Post by @DekmarTrades
70% credible (75% factual, 62% presentation). The post accurately references the 2023 Goldman Sachs report estimating 300 million jobs exposed to AI automation, but omits the report's nuance on job creation and economic growth. The 'recent release' framing is misleading as the report is over two years old, and the presentation sensationalizes the findings.
Analysis Summary
The post discusses a Goldman Sachs report claiming AI could automate work equivalent to 300 million jobs globally, highlighting that only manual trades like plumbing and electrical work are safe from automation. The core claim aligns with a 2023 Goldman Sachs analysis estimating 300 million full-time jobs exposed to AI automation, though it omits the report's nuance on job creation and economic growth. The author sensationalizes the findings to suggest trades will become highly paid, based on charts showing high exposure in office and professional sectors.
Original Content
The Facts
The post accurately references the 2023 Goldman Sachs report on AI's potential to expose 300 million jobs to automation, with images correctly depicting the report's data on industry exposure and top occupations. However, it oversimplifies by ignoring the report's projections of net economic benefits, including GDP growth and new job opportunities, and the 'recent release' framing is misleading as the report is over two years old. Verdict: Mostly True with Sensationalism
Benefit of the Doubt
The author advances a perspective of AI-driven job disruption to engage trading and investment audiences, tagging $NVDA to tie into stock market hype and promote urgency in career shifts toward trades. Key omissions include the report's emphasis on AI boosting global GDP by 7% and creating new roles in AI-related fields, which counters the doomsday tone. This selective framing shapes perception toward fear of white-collar job loss while hyping manual labor as a safe bet, potentially driving engagement without balanced context on adaptation strategies.
Predictions Made
Claims about future events that can be verified later
Trade work may be the highest paid in the future!
Prior: 40%. Evidence: Lacks direct support from sources; author's expertise in trading but bias toward hype (e.g., engagement patterns) reduces reliability; pre-identified context highlights sensationalism without balanced economic projections like GDP growth. Posterior: 30%.
Visual Content Analysis
Images included in the original content
VISUAL DESCRIPTION
A horizontal bar chart from Goldman Sachs showing the percentage share of industry employment exposed to AI automation in the US, with bars for sectors like Legal (44%), Office Admin & Support (46%), and lower exposures for Construction (6%) and Building Maintenance & Cleaning (4%). The chart uses blue bars on a white background with percentage scales on both axes.
TEXT IN IMAGE
Goldman Sachs Global Economics Analyst Exhibit 5: One-fourth of current work tasks could be automated by AI in the US and Europe Share of industry employment exposed to automation by AI US Percent 50% 46 44 40% 37 36 35 33 32 31 29 28 28 28 27 26 26 25 30% 20% 10% 0% Legal Office Admin & Support Social & Personal Care Financial Svcs Management Related Professional Svcs Forestry & Fishing Sales & Related Protective Svcs Technical Library Healthcare Support Media Industries Computer Farming Healthcare Education Arts Design Sports Personal Prep Transport Food Construction Building Maint & Cleaning Share of industry employment exposed to automation by AI US Percent 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Architecture & Engineering Life Sciences Business & Community Computer Farming Health Education Arts Design Sports Personal Food Transport Construction Building Maint & Cleaning
MANIPULATION
No signs of editing, inconsistencies, or artifacts; the chart appears authentic as a standard professional infographic with consistent fonts, colors, and labeling.
TEMPORAL ACCURACY
The chart is from the 2023 Goldman Sachs report; no date indicators in the image suggest recency, and external knowledge confirms it's not a new release as of 2025.
LOCATION ACCURACY
The image does not claim a specific location beyond 'US and Europe' in the title, which matches the report's focus; no geographical clues present.
FACT-CHECK
The data matches the 2023 Goldman Sachs report, accurately showing high AI exposure in administrative (46%) and legal (44%) sectors, and low in construction (6%), verified via web sources like Goldman Sachs' official insights and Forbes coverage.
VISUAL DESCRIPTION
A table titled 'Table 3: Top 40 occupations with highest AI applicability score' listing jobs like Tax Preparers, Sales Representatives, and CNC Tool Programmers, with columns for Coverage, GenAI, GenAI Employment, and employment numbers; it's a standard spreadsheet-style table with numerical data.
TEXT IN IMAGE
Table 3 Top 40 occupations with highest AI applicability score Job Title (Abbr.) Coverage GenAI GenAI Employment Tax Preparers 0.95 0.88 0.97 55,600 Sales Representatives Services 0.94 0.90 0.87 1,402,000 CNC Tool Programmers 0.95 0.84 0.65 28,500 Telemarketers Announcers Clerk DJs 0.94 0.86 0.67 21,150 Farm Home Mgmt Educators 0.77 0.91 0.57 8,100 Poets Scientists Reporters Journalists 0.77 0.88 0.63 41,500 Technical Writers Copy Markers 0.91 0.74 0.58 7,200 Poets Teachers Postsecondary 0.90 0.90 0.77 82,500 Public Relations Specialists Product Promoters 0.95 0.90 0.69 105,000 New Accounts Clerks 0.72 0.85 0.81 30,100 Data Scientists Financial Clerks 0.79 0.86 0.52 129,700 Insurance Underwriters Postsecondary 0.63 0.96 0.51 8,200 Market Research Analysts 0.64 0.90 0.43 3,800 Switchboard Operators Receptionists 0.65 0.96 0.52 48,300 Library Science Teachers Note Measures are means of user and AI
MANIPULATION
No evidence of manipulation; text is cleanly formatted without artifacts, inconsistencies, or alterations, consistent with a screenshot of a report table.
TEMPORAL ACCURACY
Extracted from the same 2023 Goldman Sachs report as the first image; no temporal markers indicate it's current, and the data aligns with 2023 analyses.
LOCATION ACCURACY
No specific locations claimed or depicted in the table; it focuses on occupations globally/US, matching the report's scope without geographical elements.
FACT-CHECK
The table accurately reflects occupations from the Goldman Sachs report with high AI exposure scores, such as tax preparers (0.95 coverage), corroborated by sources like CNBC and BBC articles on the report, though the list appears truncated in the image.
How Is This Framed?
Biases, omissions, and misleading presentation techniques detected
Presents a 2023 report as a newly released document to imply fresh, breaking developments in AI job impacts.
Problematic phrases:
"has released a report""Now this is crazy!"What's actually there:
Report from over two years ago
What's implied:
Recent release creating current urgency
Impact: Misleads readers into perceiving AI job threats as an immediate crisis rather than an ongoing analysis, heightening panic and speculation.
Omits the report's balanced view on AI driving economic growth, new job creation, and net benefits, focusing only on automation risks.
Problematic phrases:
"AI will take over""the only people safe is "Hard Labor""What's actually there:
Report projects 7% global GDP boost and new AI-related roles
What's implied:
Pure job destruction without offsets
Impact: Shifts perception toward doomsday scenario of mass unemployment, encouraging fear-based decisions like career shifts without full context on adaptation and opportunities.
Uses exclamatory and hype language to create a sense of immediate need to pivot careers, despite the report's long-term projections.
Problematic phrases:
"Now this is crazy!""Trade work may be the highest paid in the future!"What's actually there:
Long-term AI exposure estimates
What's implied:
Imminent takeover requiring instant action
Impact: Prompts hasty reactions like investing in trades or stocks without deliberation, amplifying market hype around AI themes.
Highlights the 300 million jobs figure and trade safety while cherry-picking data on office sector exposure, neglecting broader industry variations and complements.
Problematic phrases:
"automate the work equivalent to 300 million people worldwide""BASICALLY, the only people safe is "Hard Labor""What's actually there:
300 million exposed, but with varying automation potential and new jobs
What's implied:
Total replacement of 300 million jobs, trades as sole safe haven
Impact: Exaggerates the scale of disruption for white-collar work, leading readers to undervalue other sectors and overemphasize manual trades as the future.
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