If the current generation of "AI" can replace someone they either have low-value skills, or the employer just wants an excuse to let them go. Certain fields fac

If the current generation of "AI" can replace someone they either have low-value skills, or the employer just wants an excuse to let them go. Certain fields face immediate or imminent risk from current technology: transcription and translation as another person commented, summarizing documents, customer service, for example. The layoffs in tech that started last year are driven mainly by pandemic over-hiring and interest rates, along with a lot of greed and terrible management. ChatGPT et al. have little to nothing to do with it. In my field, programming, the output from LLMs works best to generate more technical debt and maybe to train and guide the least-experienced people, who always get cut first anyway when employers look to reduce headcount. If your programming skills amount to copy & paste or wiring up front-end frameworks, you should improve your skills. If AI doesn't replace those people $10/hr outsourcing will.