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ZDNET's key takeaways
Generative AI could transform jobs more than it replaces them.
Jobs requiring more physical labor are less exposed to AI automation.
The rate of AI adoption will vary between industries and businesses.
The rise of generative AI tools in recent years has led to fears of an inevitable jobs apocalypse -- a wave of automation akin to the Industrial Revolution that pushes massive quantities of humans out of the workforce.
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At least for the time being, that hasn't come to pass. Despite predictions from some tech industry leaders that AI will soon replace a significant swathe of human workers, the technology's impact on the labor market has thus far been minimal.
New data from employment search engine Indeed, however, shows that generative AI is able to automate a growing number of job skills. That suggests that rather than pushing humans out of their jobs entirely, AI will start to become an increasingly important tool within the workplace.
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