The easy version of the AI jobs argument is boring now.
One side says developers are doomed. The other side says employment is still fine, so everyone should calm down.
The Stanford and ADP numbers make both versions look too clean.
The headline is not mass unemployment. Across all workers, the Canaries Dashboard shows the most AI-exposed occupations down only 0.2% year over year as of April 2026, while the least-exposed roles grew 0.1%. Since ChatGPT shipped, ADP says annual employment growth in AI-exposed occupations is still up 1.1%, compared with 2% for the least-exposed roles.
So no, the whole labor market did not fall through a trap door.
