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Right now, many people are worried that artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for their jobs. If you’re one of them, then the recent study by Microsoft will shed some light on how AI’s generative capabilities will impact your field of work. In short, some occupations are more susceptible to its influence than others.
This study is making waves because, unlike previous studies, it draws insight from real-world data. Microsoft looked at 200,000 anonymous Copilot conversations from 2024 and mapped them against the U.S. government’s job classification system.
The study also identified entire occupational groups, like “computer and mathematical occupations” and “office and administrative support,” among those with the highest AI overlap. The results reveal exactly which careers AI is already touching and which ones it barely affects.
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A man walking to his job in a financial district. Positions like advertising sales agents and market research analysts face the greatest likelihood of AI integration, according to a recent Microsoft study. (Ivan Alvarado)
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The result of the study was the calculation of an “AI applicability score.” It measures how closely certain job activities align with the capabilities of AI. To no one’s surprise, knowledge-based and communication-heavy roles were at the top of the list of jobs that are most impacted. At the bottom of this list were jobs requiring physical labor or machine operation, showing minimal overlap.
This score reflects overlap, not guaranteed job loss. The researchers stressed that no occupation is fully performed by AI. The study focuses only on language-based generative AI (like Copilot), not other AI areas such as robotics or autonomous systems, which could affect different roles.
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The researchers emphasized that it’s important to differentiate between overlap and replacement. Overlap means the AI performs certain tasks alongside humans, while replacement means it will take their place. The study makes no predictions about job growth or…
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