There is pretty concrete published data that shows trends in less hiring for roles that are easily replaced by AI such as content writers and front-end developers
Personally I let go a developer I was using because I only had them around for front end work and now I'm much more productive just doing that with Claude Code directly
So the returns for the average business are largely due to less employee and contractors spending
> There is pretty concrete published data that shows trends in less hiring
Is there any concrete evidence that lower hiring is due to AI, and not due to some other factor - such as a stalling economy? I suspect AI growth is the only thing currently staving off a full-blown recession.
Have you given thought to the fact that there is an overlap between "jobs easily replaced by AI" and "jobs that are easy to consolidate into existing roles", or even "non-essential jobs"?
> jobs that are easy to consolidate into existing roles
I think you are on to something here. AI is what gives people the ability to consolidate many roles into one.
Like in my example, when I fired my front-end developer, I now can easily do that task.
Or, a marketing generalist can now create blog posts using ChatGPT instead of needing to also have a content writer
To your point about "non-essential": "Front-end development" is not necessarily something I would consider non-essential, but maybe "front-end developer" is now. Something to think about
There is money going in, but not as much as what these valuations and investments imply. The numbers are inflated and that's common knowledge by this point.