While finding your way into these junior positions is difficult, overall labor market trends have remained relatively the same, and things have gone well for more experienced workers, according to Stanford’s research data. This leads the study’s authors to conclude that, rather than helping the workforce do things better or more efficiently, AI is taking over those jobs that can be automated with artificial intelligence.
Some of the market movements seem to confirm the perceptions of the Stanford researchers. Major tech companies have launched a wave of staff cuts, in which AI appears to play a significant role. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has even indicated that 30% of Microsoft’s code is now written by AI.
Use for work support
Paradoxically, what usage studies tell us is that, in most cases, what teams are doing is using AI to improve how they work rather than having it do everything for them. This is confirmed by 57% of professionals. “Usage leans more toward augmentation — such as having AI review your work, asking it to teach you things, or repeating work — rather than automation,” Alex Tamkin, a researcher at Anthropic, told the Post.
