AI’s Impact on the Job Market: Software Roles at Risk

As AI tools become more common in people’s everyday work, researchers are looking to uncover its effects on the job market—especially for early career workers.

A paper from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, part of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, has now found early evidence that employment has taken a hit for young workers in the occupations that use generative AI the most. Since the widespread adoption of AI tools began in late 2022, a split has appeared, and early-career software…