AI still cannot replace humans as we think

VHO - In a new study by Yale University, ChatGPT has not yet caused major fluctuations in the US labor market as many people have feared since its launch in 2022.

Researchers said ChatGPT did not cause “significant disruption” to American jobs. Photo: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The study comes amid concerns that the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the underlying technology of ChatGPT, could put many people out of work.

Today, US companies are also catching up with the trend of turning to AI to cut costs through stronger automation.

The researchers also looked at changes since ChatGPT's launch and examined the app's impact on the allocation of labor across all existing sectors in the economy .

ChatGPT is powered by generative artificial intelligence technology, which can generate original text, images and other content to meet user requests.

“By measuring this, we can verify that AI is significantly changing the workforce, pushing workers from one job to another or creating new jobs,” the study, published by The Budget Lab, said.

However, the researchers say the data shows there has been no significant disruption to the overall labor market since ChatGPT launched 33 months ago, alleviating concerns that AI automation is now eroding the need for cognitive workers across the economy.

In the latest study, the application of generative AI is still in its early stages and the analysis is not predictive of the future. The researchers will continue to monitor relevant data on a monthly basis “to assess how the impact of AI on jobs may change.”

In January this year, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff stressed that today's company leaders will be the last generation to manage their workforce.

While new research suggests AI has yet to impact the workforce in general, there are some specific examples of companies making major hiring decisions based on the technology's potential.

In recent years, a number of tech companies, including file storage service Dropbox and language learning app Duolingo, have cited AI as a reason for layoffs.

A January 2025 survey found that most employers globally planned to cut staff as AI took over some tasks. However, the limitations of AI are becoming increasingly clear, as is the additional workload it can create.

A recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that 95% of companies experimenting with AI have never made a profit from the tool.

Another reason is that “employees are using AI to better support their work, instead of spending a lot of time researching, but eventually causing information confusion because of too many suggested results,” a phenomenon known as “workslop,” according to a recent report in Harvard Business Review.

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