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.
