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Yale finds no discernible economy-wide AI labor disruption in the first 33 months

The Budget Lab at Yale examined labor-market outcomes during the 33 months after ChatGPT's release and found no discernible economy-wide disruption. Its measures of AI exposure and automation were not associated with employment or unemployment changes, while the authors cautioned that the study does not predict future effects.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM40confidence 88/100

Why it moved the index

This authoritative whole-economy analysis is direct counterevidence to claims of already completed mass labor displacement. Its scope and methods support high confidence about the observed period, while the direction and magnitude remain bounded because the authors explicitly do not treat the result as a forecast of future AI effects.

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  1. R1
    Away 40 · confidence 88

    New historical labor evidence found in the October 2025 gap review.

    13 Aug 2026
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