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How AI is expanding what people do at work
OpenAI Economic Research’s new Work at the Frontier series shows how workers cross over into work beyond the traditional boundaries of their roles.
TL;DR
- 16.8% of work-related messages and 43.5% of occupation-specific messages involve tasks associated with other occupations.
- Task crossover allows individuals like small business owners, salespeople, and marketers to perform tasks outside their traditional roles using AI.
- The 'Work at the Frontier' report series by OpenAI Economic Research tracks these real-time changes in work due to AI.
- Marketing and engineering tasks show the farthest travel across different occupations.
- Task crossover is more prevalent in smaller businesses, where workers may take on tasks that would otherwise be delegated.
- AI usage data provides an early indicator of occupational shifts and changing task content.