You’re not competing with AI, it’s competing with you
Many employees, especially those working in creative fields, are understandably worried by the prospect of AI stealing their jobs – and new research has found it may not be an unfounded fear.
A report from the Imperial College Business School, Harvard Business School, and the German Institute for Economic Research, found the demand for digital freelancers in writing and coding declined by 21% since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.
Automation-prone fields like writing, software, and app development saw a 21% decrease in job listings, while data entry and social media post-production experienced a 13% drop. Image-generation roles, including graphic design and 3D modelling, fell by 17%. Google search trends confirmed a higher decline in sectors aware of and using generative AI.Gloomy jobs market
The study, titled « Who is AI Replacing? The Impact of Generative AI on Online Freelancing Platforms, » analyzed nearly two million job postings across 61 countries from July 2021 to July 2023. It categorized jobs into automation-prone roles, manual work, and image generation, and discovered significant declines in postings across these sectors following the launch of ChatGPT.
