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iLoveOncall

> In just 18 months since ChatGPT

ChatGPT came out almost 3 years ago.

> AI has already displaced coding, design, research, and support roles

No it hasn't.

> Once businesses see it can fully replace repetitive work at near-zero cost

It can't.

Not surprising takes from someone with 0 professional experience and in their second year of college though.

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ChatGPT was released publicly in Nov 2022, so yes, that is just under 3 years ago. On displacement: IBM announced a freeze on 7,800 roles due to AI, Klarna reported its AI assistant handles the work of 700 agents, and Duolingo cut contractors because of AI translation.

These are real workforce impacts, not hypotheticals. As for “replacement,” full substitution is rare at first, but businesses cut hiring the moment a tool can do the same task faster and cheaper. That is exactly how displacement begins.

And while I may be early in my career, the evidence is not about opinion, it is about adoption curves and cost pressures already playing out.

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