New Roles & Skills
11 gains2 Traces7 problems
Every measured gain and problem on the record for this topic, newest first. Updated .
One square per record, darker for stronger evidence:Evidence: 0 high13 moderate7 emerging
AI, new roles and skills
A Trace is one record with both a gain and a problem, so it counts on both sides: 13 records show a gain and 9 show a problem. 7 context records are in the record list but not counted, because they report no measured gain or problem.
| Evidence | Gain side | Problem side |
|---|---|---|
| HighStrong study design, backed by at least two independent sources | 0 | 0 |
| ModerateA measured study or an official source | 10 | 5 |
| EmergingEarly, small, unreviewed or reported second-hand | 3 | 4 |
By type of evidence: 9 surveys; 3 observational studies; 2 news reports; 2 commentaries or narrative reviews; 2 interview studies; 1 investigation by reporters; 1 randomized trial. How evidence is scored
In a survey of 287 employee-leader pairs in China, employees who used AI to expand their job boundaries were linked to higher career satisfaction and performance, through greater work meaningfulness.
In a March 2026 US survey, each additional unit of AI use at work was linked to a 0.11 SD increase in life satisfaction among employed adults, though the snapshot cannot show cause.
New AI-adjacent skills already carry a wage premium in about 1 in 10 job postings in advanced economies.
In a pre-registered experiment of 269 people, passively copying AI writing reduced self-efficacy, ownership and meaningfulness, and the efficacy and meaningfulness losses persisted after returning to manual work.
A study of 66 course descriptions from six UK universities and 107 job ads found that 6.0% of course vocabulary covered AI and data or platform terms, versus 2.3% in the ads; courses stressed power and ethics while employers sought SEO and campaign analytics.
In a survey of 2,109 Finnish workers, frequent AI use, AI-induced identity threat and organizational AI deployment were each associated with higher AI strain.
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Young Americans are starting businesses faster than any other age group, and many say AI helped them do it. A Gusto survey of more than 1,000 people who started businesses in 2025 found over 70% of Gen Z founders used AI to build their companies, more than other generations.
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Researchers investigated how AI applications affect employees' engagement in lean organisations, combining twelve academic expert interviews with a multi-case study of manufacturing firms implementing…
A cross-sectional study of 115 final-year students at Universitas Indonesia measured how confident they were in using artificial intelligence and how ready they felt to enter employment.
Researchers surveyed 550 people in the manufacturing sector and analyzed the responses with PLS-SEM. They tested how AI adoption, automation intensity, reskilling, upskilling and soft skills relate to workforce…
A survey-based study of information technology professionals in India used structural equation modeling to test how AI adoption relates to employees' physical and cognitive ergonomic outcomes.
The paper synthesizes experiments, job-vacancy studies, surveys, government statistics and industry evidence to assess how generative AI affects junior software engineers.
Researchers combined individual-level survey data from the China Family Panel Studies covering 2016 to 2022 with provincial AI data.
A study using Swedish enterprise surveys from 2019 and 2021, linked to financial statements and employer–employee data, compared firms that adopted AI with those that did not.
A peer-reviewed study published September 17, 2025 surveyed 511 university faculty to examine how AI literacy relates to well-being through Self-Determination Theory.
A peer-reviewed study published March 24, 2026 tested how employees proactively adapt to generative AI at work. Using surveys of 287 employee-leader dyads in China, the authors distinguished…
New AI-adjacent skills already carry wage premiums in 1 of every 10 job postings in advanced economies.
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