AI Is Making These Jobs ‘Irreplaceable’ As Hiring Rates Plunge 24%

AI was supposed to destroy jobs. Where’s the carnage?

Predicted AI job devastation hasn't materialized; AI-exposed unemployment +0.77pp since ChatGPT—less than unexposed—tracking computer revolution's multi-decade transformation. Real shift: 74% require AI skills, consolidating roles and raising bars; labor fragmenting toward contract work as companies optimize skill mix for AI era.