12 professions that AI has already impacted

The professions with the highest overlap with AI include:
— translators
— historians
— writers
— journalists
— researchers
— public relations specialists
— speechwriters
— advertising copywriters
— legal assistants
— customer support specialists
— data analysts
— business consultants.

These professionals increasingly use AI to automate tasks such as writing and editing texts, searching for information, generating ideas, and even creating communication strategies.

However, the study does not claim that AI will replace these professions. The research shows that AI helps perform many tasks — particularly those related to research, writing, and communication — but does not mean it can fully replace any profession.

The study focuses only on text-based AI models and does not cover the application of AI in robotics, computer vision, or machine control. Other types of AI could certainly affect professions involving physical labor. For example, work is already underway on autonomous trucks and robotic sorters.

The authors of the study did not attempt to assess which professions will disappear. There is still no consensus in the industry: for example, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes that up to 50% of entry-level "white-collar" jobs may be lost due to AI in the next five years. At the same time, others, such as Mark Cuban, are confident that AI will create more jobs than it destroys.

How the study was conducted

Users provided Copilot with specific tasks — from searching for information to generating texts. Microsoft matched these tasks with the typical responsibilities of various professions and assessed how frequently they overlapped.

This is the first large-scale study of its kind based on real user data.

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