AI is ending older workers’ careers early, and it is coming for the well-paid ones first
The debate about AI and jobs has focused on graduates. New research suggests it should also be looking at people in their late fifties, CNBC reports.
Workers aged 55 and over in AI-exposed occupations are now exiting work at higher rates than before ChatGPT launched. The finding comes from Geoffrey Sanzenbacher at Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research.
The crucial detail is where they land. The increase shows up as unemployment, not retirement, meaning these people are out of work and still looking.
How the research works
The study pairs US Current Population Survey data with an AI exposure index from Tufts University’s Digital Planet Initiative. Exposure measures how well AI can perform a job’s tasks, not simply whether the job is doomed.
The scores are revealing. Web designers, web developers, database architects, computer programmers, and data scientists sit at the very top, while mining operators, orderlies, and painters...
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