One in ten people on Earth used ChatGPT this week. So why has almost no one's job changed?

In this solo episode, David Deming - labor economist and Dean of Harvard College - reads every usage study published by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, including the one he helped write, and reports what millions of conversations actually show.

Generative AI reached 56% of US working-age adults within three years, faster than the PC or the internet at the same age. But most people use it for ordinary help with ordinary problems, and the same seven work activities dominate AI use in nearly every occupation. The exception is arriving fast: AI agents that take delegated work and keep going - the reason David thinks the debate about AI and jobs is far from settled.

Featuring the phone number that explains how researchers study private chats without reading them, and the government database that says podcasting is not part of David's job. Also: Coke, Pepsi, and maybe Dr Pepper.

Disclosure: David co-authored OpenAI’s “How People Use ChatGPT.” He has no employment or contracting relationship with OpenAI and has not been paid by OpenAI or any other AI lab.

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