Overview
- A Stanford study cited by La Croix finds a 13% drop in employment for young workers in U.S. occupations most exposed to AI, including software development and customer relations.
- Developers describe generative tools as now indispensable for coding and troubleshooting, reporting greater autonomy but warning of faster work cadences and uncertain, near‑free business models.
- Adoption has accelerated sharply, with weekly ChatGPT users rising from about 200 million to roughly 800 million in a year, according to figures discussed by engineer and author Aymeric Roucher.
- Sectoral exposure remains highest in law, finance, marketing, software and client‑facing roles, and Roucher argues teleworkable tasks face the most pressure while socially intensive jobs may prove more resilient.
- Economic projections remain large yet unevenly distributed, with Marianne noting Goldman Sachs’s $6.6 trillion decade-long gain estimate and highlighting policy options such as reduced work hours, stronger employment contracts, guaranteed training and antitrust enforcement.