Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI

In this episode, we discuss Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI by Kiran Tomlinson, Sonia Jaffe, Will Wang, Scott Counts, Siddharth Suri. The paper analyzes 200,000 anonymized interactions between users and Microsoft Bing Copilot to understand how AI assists with various work activities. It identifies information gathering, writing, teaching, and advising as key activities supported by AI and calculates an AI applicability score across occupations. The study finds the highest AI impact on knowledge work and communication-related jobs, highlighting correlations with wage, education, and real-world AI usage patterns.