A new Stanford University study finds that generative artificial intelligence is reshaping America’s job market, hitting young workers hardest.
Researchers analyzed millions of payroll records from ADP and discovered that employment for 22- to 25-year-olds in AI-exposed fields like customer service, accounting, and software development has fallen 13% since 2022.
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By contrast, older workers in the same sectors and those in less AI-exposed jobs, such as nursing aides, have seen steady or even rising employment.
The study suggests younger workers are especially vulnerable because AI can replace “book learning” from formal education, while experience-based skills remain harder to automate. Some fields, however, show muted effects when AI complements human work instead of replacing it.
Is AI stealing jobs from early-career workers? A new report from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab finds that in the professions most exposed to AI automation, including software engineering and customer service, employment for 22- to 25-year-olds has declined significantly…
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Though not peer-reviewed, the study adds weight to warnings that AI will significantly disrupt the labor market, even as overall employment remains resilient.
Young workers are getting hit in fields where generative-AI tools such as ChatGPT can most easily automate tasks done by humans, such as software development, according to a paper by three Stanford University economists.
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