AI and Work: What Is Actually Changing in People's Jobs

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The question of what AI does to work gets answered confidently in both directions by people with no particular evidence. This category is for the version with evidence in it, including the anecdotal kind.

Threads cover which tasks are actually shifting rather than which are predicted to, what skills members are investing in and why, how hiring expectations are changing in specific fields, workplace policy on AI use and how it is enforced, and negotiating the gap between what a job description says and what the work now involves.

Firsthand accounts carry the most weight here. A member describing what changed in their role over eighteen months is more informative than another forecast, and those posts are what the category is for.

Members disagree substantially about where this goes, and that disagreement is welcome as long as it stays specific. See AI in Business for the organisational view and AI & Society for the broader picture.

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