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# ChatGPT still hasn’t taken all those jobs
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/chatgpt-still-hasnt-taken-all-those-jobs/
- Published: 2023-08-22T01:13:49.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-22T01:14:18.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Alex Kantrowitz: Why ChatGPT Hasn’t Ignited the Employment Apocalypse That So Many Predicted.](https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/chat-gpt-artificial-intelligence-jobs-economy-employment-labor.html?utm%5Fsource=pocket-newtab-en-us)

> “They can do one discrete, information-oriented task, basically, at a time before they need a human to review what they’ve done and then move to the next thing,” he says

[Quoting myself](https://birchtree.me/blog/chatgpt-is-not-your-new-employee/) from 3 short months ago:

> I know some companies have already laid off workers because they plan on having these generative tools take over that work, but I deeply believe that’s a mistake and they’ll realize it soon, if they haven’t already.

I continue to think that these generative tools are good for augmenting certain workflows, but replacing whole people is going to be very unusual. We’ll see, though.