A study by freelance job posting platform think tank Upwork found that since the introduction of ChatGPT, the number of job postings in areas where generative AI excels has dropped by 21%. We are talking mainly about editors, designers, programmers and, in part, lawyers and economists.
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Freelance jobs that require basic writing, coding, translation and copywriting are disappearing from Upwork, Kelly Monahan, managing director of the company’s Research Institute, tells The Wall Street Journal.
Their findings echo those of more than a dozen other researchers from institutions including Harvard Business School, Washington University in St. Louis and Hong Kong University, the publication writes.
They found that despite analysts’ claims that AI can only partially fill the needs of certain positions, since the arrival of ChatGPT and other generative AI models, the number of freelance vacancies posted on Upwork, Fiverr, and search platforms of similar employment has been notable and permanent. . decreases.
A previous Upwork study found that 38% of American workers did some form of freelance work in 2022. This percentage of the workforce, engaged in automatable tasks, has certainly found itself in a losing business situation, although economists at Various corporations continue to ensure that generative applications will not replace humans.
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