Zhi Tong Cai Jing·2025-08-06 02:08Group 1 - The impact of generative AI on the U.S. labor market is beginning to show in employment data, particularly affecting the technology sector where younger workers are the first to be impacted [1][2] - Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative AI has not only increased the market value of tech giants like NVIDIA but has also automated routine tasks, disrupting fields such as software engineering [1] - Tech executives have increasingly acknowledged the influence of AI on employment, with companies like Google and Microsoft reporting that AI now handles about 30% of coding tasks, and Salesforce's CEO stating that AI completes half of their workload [1] Group 2 - The unemployment rate for tech workers aged 20 to 30 is 3 percentage points higher than the overall industry rate, indicating a significant impact from automation [2] - Companies in the tech sector are adopting a strategy of pausing recruitment for entry-level positions to enhance flexibility, which indirectly affects younger employees as they become "transitional casualties" of technological upgrades [2] - Goldman Sachs estimates that 6%-7% of jobs may disappear due to AI automation in the long term, but warns that faster technology adoption or economic downturns could lead to more severe job market transformations [2] - The potential breakthrough of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could drastically alter labor demand, as its ability to learn and adapt across fields may lead to unprecedented impacts on the job market [2]