- In an interview with Insider, LinkedIn's head of macroeconomics broke down labor market trends and AI.
- LinkedIn data shows the number of jobs on the site mentioning ChatGPT jumped by 51% from 2021 to 2022.
- AI's impact is in its early days, he said, but once non-tech firms start using it, the productivity jump could be dramatic.
Artificial intelligence remains in its early days of adoption, but it has a transformative potential to boost worker productivity across sectors, according to LinkedIn's principal economist and head of macroeconomics, Guy Berger.
AI language tools such as ChatGPT have gone viral, and workers are already using them for emails, marketing, and other written tasks. The key tipping point to watch will be how soon AI can seep into jobs outside of the technology sector.