The author also examined changes in hourly pay rates and found that translation jobs were hit the hardest with a 20% decrease. Despite the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT, the demand for graphic design and web design jobs remains high. The article concludes that the most popular use of AI currently is in developing chatbots, and most companies are not focusing on training or fine-tuning their own language models.
Key takeaways:
- Writing, translation, and customer service jobs have seen the most significant decrease on Upwork since the release of ChatGPT, with declines of 33%, 19%, and 16% respectively.
- Web design, graphics design, software development, and video production jobs have been resilient and even seen an increase in demand, despite the rise of AI tools.
- The most popular use case for AI currently is in developing chatbots, with job postings related to this field increasing by 2000% since the release of ChatGPT and the OpenAI API.
- Despite the rise of AI, there has been no significant increase in data annotation or machine learning jobs, suggesting that most companies are not focusing on training or fine-tuning their own large language models (LLMs).