"Generate" the Future of Work through AI: Empirical Evidence from Online Labor Markets

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.05201v2
• Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 22:23:57 GMT
• Title: "Generate" the Future of Work through AI: Empirical Evidence from Online Labor Markets
• Authors: Jin Liu, Xingchen Xu, Xi Nan, Yongjun Li, Yong Tan,
• Abstract summary: Large Language Model (LLM) based generative AI, such as ChatGPT, is considered the first generation of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Our paper offers crucial insights into AI's influence on labor markets and individuals' reactions.
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• Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM) based generative AI, such as ChatGPT, is considered the first generation of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), exhibiting zero-shot learning abilities for a wide variety of downstream tasks. Due to its general-purpose and emergent nature, its impact on labor dynamics becomes complex and difficult to anticipate. Leveraging an extensive dataset from a prominent online labor market, we uncover a post-ChatGPT decline in labor demand, supply, and transactions for submarkets pertaining to text-related and programming-related jobs, in comparison to those not directly exposed to ChatGPT's core functionalities. Meanwhile, these affected submarkets exhibit a discernible increase in the complexity of the remaining jobs and a heightened level of competition among freelancers. Intriguingly, our findings indicate that the diminution in the labor supply pertaining to programming is comparatively less pronounced, a phenomenon ascribed to the transition of freelancers previously engaged in text-related tasks now bidding for programming-related opportunities. Although the per-period job diversity freelancers apply for tends to be more limited, those who successfully navigate skill transitions from text to programming demonstrate greater resilience to ChatGPT's overall market contraction impact. As AI becomes increasingly versatile and potent, our paper offers crucial insights into AI's influence on labor markets and individuals' reactions, underscoring the necessity for proactive interventions to address the challenges and opportunities presented by this transformative technology.

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