22 New Jobs A.I. Could Give You - The New York Times

Robert Capps is the former editorial director of Wired. He frequently writes about the intersection of technology, business and culture. First, a confession: I tried writing this essay with A.I. I started with ChatGPT’s “deep research” mode, asking it to compile a report on what new jobs for humans might be created by the rise of A.I. It asked a few follow-up questions and then set off, returning with a 6,000-word report, broken down by industry. I fed that report into ChatGPT 4o — along with the original assignment memo from my editor and a few other recent industry reports on the future of work — and asked for an article in the style of The New York Times Magazine. It was done within 90 minutes. The article was lively and informative, and while some of its imagined future careers were a bit fanciful (a “synthetic relationship counselor” apparently will be someone who can step in when you’re in love with your A.I.), it also covered an interesting spectrum of plausible jobs and feature

Robert Capps is the former editorial director of Wired. He frequently writes about the intersection of technology, business and culture. First, a confession: I tried writing this essay with A.I. I started with ChatGPT’s “deep research” mode, asking it to compile a report on what new jobs for humans might be created by the rise of A.I. It asked a few follow-up questions and then set off, returning with a 6,000-word report, broken down by industry. I fed that report into ChatGPT 4o — along with the original assignment memo from my editor and a few other recent industry reports on the future of w