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Will AI take my job?

A job is a bundle of tasks. AI may automate some, speed up others, change quality or oversight, and create new work. Exposure is real, but exposure is not a layoff forecast—and outcomes will differ sharply by occupation, industry, and policy.

02Show meFollow the connection

01Occupation
02Tasks
03AI capability
04Work redesign
05Employment outcome

Here's what matters

The answer changes when these conditions change.

01Which tasks are routine or digitized?
02Does AI substitute for or complement the worker?
03Who controls the tool and its output?
04Does demand grow when work becomes cheaper?
05What training and bargaining power do workers have?

03Prove itOpen the machinery

Inspect the claims behind this answer.

Each layer shows evidence type, geography, assumptions, caveats, review date, and original sources.

Estimated

The ILO estimates that one in four workers worldwide is in an occupation with some generative-AI exposure, while 3.3% of global employment is in its highest exposure category.

Exposure means some tasks could change; it does not mean one in four jobs will disappear.