John Burn-Murdochย digs into one of the strangest paradoxes in tech today: ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ โ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐.
GPT-style models pass elite exams and write essays indistinguishable from postgraduate work. But when it comes to job losses? Most roles are surprisingly stable โ even in sectors we assumed would be first in line for disruption. Soโฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง?
๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. John Burn-Murdochย analyzed U.S. employment trends across roles deemed high-risk for automation (based on Brookings & OpenAI research). Hereโs what he found:
ย - ๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐๐ญ: Roles like accounting clerks, legal secretaries, and underwriters? No major drops in employment โ yet.
ย - ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Writers and software developers are showing clear signs of AI-related job decline โ diverging from industry trends around them.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐? A new study by AI research lab METR gives us a fresh lens. Turns out, ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ โ๐ง๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐โ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ โ not necessarily ones that are difficult or technical. That means jobs like writing articles or coding cleanly defined programs are far more automatable than you might think. On the flip side, even simple jobs like travel agents, executive assistants and bookkeeping clerks require juggling unpredictable goals, unclear inputs, human interaction, and multitasking. In other words: ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง โ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌโ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐.
๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. Itโs not about how smart the task is โ but how structured it is. Ironically, Silicon Valleyโs obsession with efficiency and predictability may have made some tech jobs ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐.
In particular, jobs that are: linear, repeatable and freelance/contract-based are most at risk โ especially when AI tools can be slotted in without HR friction.
๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ? If your job involves gathering data, writing up clean summaries, and staying within a fixed word countโฆ well, AI is coming for you โ fast.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง? AI isnโt just about automating low-skill work. Itโs about automating ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. And that flips many of our assumptions on their head.
John Burn-Murdochย digs into one of the strangest paradoxes in tech today: ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ โ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐๐.
GPT-style models pass elite exams and write essays indistinguishable from postgraduate work. But when it comes to job losses? Most roles are surprisingly stable โ even in sectors we assumed would be first in line for disruption. Soโฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง?
๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. John Burn-Murdochย analyzed U.S. employment trends across roles deemed high-risk for automation (based on Brookings & OpenAI research). Hereโs what he found:
ย - ๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐๐ญ: Roles like accounting clerks, legal secretaries, and underwriters? No major drops in employment โ yet.
ย - ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Writers and software developers are showing clear signs of AI-related job decline โ diverging from industry trends around them.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐? A new study by AI research lab METR gives us a fresh lens. Turns out, ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ โ๐ง๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐โ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ โ not necessarily ones that are difficult or technical. That means jobs like writing articles or coding cleanly defined programs are far more automatable than you might think. On the flip side, even simple jobs like travel agents, executive assistants and bookkeeping clerks require juggling unpredictable goals, unclear inputs, human interaction, and multitasking. In other words: ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง โ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌโ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐.
๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. Itโs not about how smart the task is โ but how structured it is. Ironically, Silicon Valleyโs obsession with efficiency and predictability may have made some tech jobs ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐.
In particular, jobs that are: linear, repeatable and freelance/contract-based are most at risk โ especially when AI tools can be slotted in without HR friction.
๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ? If your job involves gathering data, writing up clean summaries, and staying within a fixed word countโฆ well, AI is coming for you โ fast.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง? AI isnโt just about automating low-skill work. Itโs about automating ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. And that flips many of our assumptions on their head.