FEDERAL RESERVE RESEARCH: Atlanta
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI in particular, have led to an explosion of commercial and public interest in these technologies. Tech firms are investing billions of dollars to expand their AI capabilities, and millions of Americans are now actively or passively using these technologies on a daily basis. What do we know about how recent developments in AI are affecting jobs and the demand for AI-related skills in the labor market? Some of the best systematic evidence comes from online job postings data. These technologies have to be developed and implemented by workers with specific skillsets, and they have to be used by workers who are familiar with them. Therefore—to the extent that firms are explicit about what the job entails and the skills they are seeking in prospective employees—job postings provide signals about the demand for AI skills. This blog post leverages online job postings data from Lightcast (formerly known as Burning Glass) to document how the demand for AI skills has evolved.
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