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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A nationally representative US survey from March 2026 examined how much employed adults use AI for work tasks and how that relates to their mental well-being. About half of workers reported using AI on the job, most often for finding information or drafting communications.
Preventive Medicine Reports
Researchers ran a pre-registered lab experiment with 269 participants doing occupation-specific writing under no AI, passive AI copying, or active drafting-then-refining, plus a 270-person real-world survey.
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