AI is going to be a huge boost to productivity in almost every industry that has mundane office type jobs that can be automated. We already know about robots in distribution centers etc. This will help offset the labor tightness in many areas. Companies are going to have large cost savings in their biggest budget expense, labor. It may help offset somewhat the coming recession from the overly tight monetary policy and the complete drying up in bank credit from the FED induced decline.  Just confirms that wage pressures will continue to ease from their Covid related catch up phase.                                        https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-pause-hiring-jobs-ai-210803005.html