Rank 7 of 17

Job loss

AI replacing workers: automation, layoffs, unemployment, displacement of jobs or wages.

67

on the Fear Index

Bills29

Lobbying filings44

News466

Wikipedia4.3K

The receipts

4,314Wikipedia views on this fear in the last 30 days

466news articles about it in the last 30 days

29bills, resolutions, rules and orders cite it since January 2025, in 10 states and Congress

7new government controls written into those bills

44federal lobbying filings name it, past year

In their own words

The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.

“ensuring that AI-related economic gains benefit workers and the people of the United States (including by preventing AI-related job loss)”
S. 4214, CongressNot passedData center limitsExport controlsU.S. Department of Commerce
“the bill creates the FAIR AI Enforcement Fund for the purpose of supporting agency enforcement of artificial intelligence system misuse, bias, and workforce disruption”
HB 713, VirginiaNot passedLabel or AI notice
“employer disclosure when employee layoffs occur due to an employer's use of artificial intelligence or other technological change”
HB 2669, PennsylvaniaNot passedLabel or AI notice
“employment losses described are the result, in whole or in part, of the introduction, expansion, or adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, automation technologies, or machine-based processes that have replaced or materially altered the duties”
S 8928, New YorkNot passedMandatory reporting
“conduct an assessment of the workforce impacts created by autonomous vehicles, including an overview of job losses and gains”
HB 1124, VirginiaPassed

What it's buying

The government controls written into the bills that cite this fear.

Who benefits

Agencies and officials these bills would hand new power, by number of bills.

1U.S. Department of CommerceAgencymost common control: Data center limits1bill

Everyone else lobbying

Companies, trade groups, think tanks, unions and other groups whose lobbying filings name this fear, past year.

1Agility RoboticsLobbying client7 filings
2SiemensLobbying client5 filings
3Infosys LimitedLobbying client4 filings
4HitachiLobbying client4 filings
5AFL-CIOUnion3 filings
6Lenovo (United States)Lobbying client2 filings

Money, bills and attention

Money on filings naming it

Bills citing it

Wikipedia views

Each dot is 3 bills. Sources: lobbying filings on LDA.gov that name this fear, the bills that cite it, and Wikipedia readership of its articles.

Latest on this fear

The bills

The ones carrying the most controls, first.

S. 4214, CongressNot passedArtificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium ActData center limitsExport controlsRead it on congress.gov
HB 2669, PennsylvaniaNot passedAn Act providing for employer disclosure when employee layoffs occur due to an employer's use of artificial intelligence or other technological change; and…Label or AI noticeRead it on palegis.us
S 8928, New YorkNot passedEnacts the artificial intelligence workforce impact transparency actMandatory reportingRead it on nyassembly.gov
HB 713, VirginiaNot passedFostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act; established.Label or AI noticeRead it on lis.virginia.gov
SB 365, VirginiaNot passedFostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act; established.Label or AI noticeRead it on lis.virginia.gov
S 1854, New YorkNot passedEstablishes the New York workforce stabilization act requiring certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and…Mandatory reportingRead it on nyassembly.gov
A 5676, New JerseyNot passedImposes 10 percent tax on computer processing for certain artificial intelligence systems and dedicates revenue to "AI Workforce Impact Transition Fund."Read it on njleg.state.nj.us
S 4712, New JerseyNot passedImposes 10 percent tax on computer processing for certain artificial intelligence systems and dedicates revenue to "AI Workforce Impact Transition Fund."Read it on njleg.state.nj.us
HB 6417, MichiganNot passedLabor: other; community and worker economic transition activities; provide to workers who have employment tied to an industry affected by the adoption or…Read it on legislature.mi.gov
S 9819, New YorkNot passedDirects the department of labor to conduct a study on the effects of artificial intelligence on job losses in the stateRead it on nyassembly.gov

All 29 bills citing it, with filters