65% of respondents to our latest AI Pulse survey say AI is already doing something they used to do well, a specific, concrete experience where AI performed a task they had previously considered a personal strength.
Combined with those who say they can see it coming, 93.3% of respondents report at least some degree of rethinking around the value of their career skills in light of AI.
This week's survey of 75 respondents also explored concern about AI disrupting core software tools.
When asked whether a recent experience with AI has made them rethink the value of a skill they've built over their career, 65.3% said "Yes, it's already doing something I used to do well." Another 28.0% said "Somewhat; I can see it coming but it's not there yet."
Only 4.0% said "No, AI still can't touch what I do," and 2.7% said they haven't used AI enough to know.
On the question of whether AI will disrupt their company's core software tools in the next 12 months, 49.3% said they are "Somewhat concerned; it's on our radar but not urgent." Another 18.7% said they are "Very concerned; we're already re-evaluating our stack." That puts 68.0% of respondents at some level of concern.
The remaining 32.0% said they are "Not concerned; our tools will adapt."
In our ongoing AI Pulse surveys, we gather insights from listeners of our podcast to get a sense of how our audience feels about various topics in artificial intelligence. Each survey is conducted over a one-week period, coinciding with the first seven days after an episode is released. During that time, our episodes typically receive around 11,000 downloads.
Our survey results reflect a self-selected sample of listeners who choose to participate, and typically we receive a few hundred responses. While this is not a formal or randomized survey, it offers a meaningful snapshot of how our engaged audience perceives AI-related issues.
In summary, when you see percentages in our headlines, they represent the views of those listeners who chose to share their opinions with us. This approach helps us understand the pulse of our community, even if it doesn’t represent a statistically randomized sample of the broader population.