Generative AI’s impact on the workforce (software engineering in particular) is beginning to show up in the data. A new Stanford working paper titled “Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence” offers the first large-scale evidence that AI is quietly disrupting early-career jobs.
In particular, the study finds that since late 2022 (when tools like ChatGPT burst onto the scene), entry-level workers in occupations most exposed to generative AI have seen employment drop by about 13%, even after accounting fo overall company hiring trends.
Meanwhile, more experienced workers in those same roles have largely kept their jobs or even continued to see job growth.
In today’s deep dive, well dig into some of the driving forces behind this trend and some actions you can take to adapt.
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