Surprised? I was too. A new study conducted by Yale University, ‘Evaluating the Impact of AI on the Labor Market: Current State of Affairs,’ revealed that the larger labour market has not witnessed a “discernible disruption” since ChatGPT’s release in 2022.
This analysis of the United States job market contradicts the emerging studies conducted since the introduction of generative AI nearly 3 years ago, that led to a universal anxiety around AI’s potential to contribute to loss of jobs across sectors, and an increase in global unemployment rates.
“While anxiety over the effects of AI on today’s labor market is widespread, our data suggests it remains largely speculative,” reads the study from Yale’s Budget Lab, a policy research centre on economics.
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