Workers search 'AI for my job' up to 44x more than fearing replacement
vaitko · reddit · 2026-11-01
Google Trends analysis across 56 jobs finds tool-hunting searches far outnumber replacement worries: nurses 40:1, writers 42:1, translators 44:1, teachers 28:1. Programmers are lowest at 2.6:1, likely because they search 'AI for coding'. Caveat: some 'AI for X' queries are businesses shopping for tools. Interactive data at scrollytelling.ai.
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