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Jobs, AI and robots, minus the hype and the doom. What the evidence actually says, what it can't, and what it means for your Monday morning.
Work that is forming 4 min read
The occupation lists this site runs on are stable by design, so they cannot name a job that is two years old. What that hides, and how to read a score for work whose title has not caught up.
What the evidence says 4 min read
The cash machine, the spreadsheet and desktop publishing were all meant to end whole jobs. What actually happened to the people in the room, and the one part of the story that usually gets left out.
Choices 4 min read
The tasks AI does best are often the ones juniors learned on, and young workers in exposed jobs are already being hired less. If nobody climbs the first rung, who reaches the top?
What the evidence says 5 min read
In Anthropic's usage data, truck driving tops our twenty jobs for work handed to AI. It also barely shows up. Why the thinnest slices look the most automated, and what to read first.
Reading the numbers 4 min read
Five things you only see with all 427 jobs in one list: an empty band, one group that sits apart, a twelve-way tie at the top, and why that tie is the least certain number on the list.
What the evidence says 5 min read
Pew asked people in 37 countries what AI will do to work. In 34 of them, most expect fewer jobs. Here is what that finding is evidence of, and what it isn't.
Choices 3 min read
Wondering whether AI will take your job? Examine your everyday tasks, understand what could change and try a simple audit of your working day.
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