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The Future. Despite only being around for about two years, AI systems like ChatGPT and Midjourney are already taking away a significant number of jobs from freelancers — an issue affecting 38% of Americans. If AI becomes even more widespread, low-skilled, task-driven work may soon only be the purview of chatbots.
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Finding a sustainable amount of freelance work is getting a lot harder thanks to AI, according to research collated by WSJ.
- Researchers from universities like Harvard and the University of Hong Kong found that in work where AI does a suitable job — copywriting, illustrating, marketing, coding — job postings on sites like Fiverr and Upwork have dropped as much as 21%.
- But it’s not like people are happy with the work — employers are turning around and asking humans to edit, tweak, or revise AI generations.
- To add insult to injury, these revision jobs are being offered for far lower than freelancers’ typical rates, and the turnaround times for the work are way faster.
Ironically, there is a silver lining, though. For the jobs where AI can’t replace humans but does make them more productive (like IT and data science), total pay is going up about 40%, says Upwork.
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