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  1. #Whitecollarworkers are switching to trades like electrical work and baking as #AI #transforms the #jobmarket. Writers become therapists, editors turn to bakeries. The Guardian profiles workers seeking #AIproof #careers, highlighting sacrifices and new #opportunities in AI's #disruption. theguardian.com/technology/202 #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

  2. Russell Lee -- Office worker in wheat broker's office. Whitman County, Washington (Library of Congress, FSA/OWI)

    Lee took this picture in July 1941, before the entry of the USA into the Second World War and the 1942 creation of the Office of War Information (OWI) .

    Our mental imagery of the USA in the years preceding WW2 and the OWI draws largely on newsreel, news photography, documentary photography and art of the thirties, particularly WPA/FAP work. Office workers and other white collar workers do not feature as strongly in our imaginations as the unemployed, rural Americans, and male blue collar workers.

    #USHistory #Photography #FSAOWI #RussellLee #WhiteCollarWorkers