Machines are rapidly imitating all kinds of human abilities, from vision to speech and language. Even without fundamental progress toward “deep understanding,” new language models can read, synthesize, and generate eye-wateringly accurate and highly useful text. There are literally hundreds of roles where this single skill alone is the core requirement, and yet there is so much more to come from AI. Yes, it’s almost certain that many new job categories will be created. Who would have thought that “influencer” would become a highly sought-after role? Or imagined that in 2023 people would be
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New Jobs, Narrow Doors: Labor Friction in the AI Era
