Regarding the question of whether "AI will replace our jobs," this has been one of the most discussed and anxiety-inducing topics over the past two years. Most of the discussions I have participated in have been filled with phrases like "I think," "I guess," and "I heard," full of grand predictions, or analogies to historical events like the steam revolution and the internet wave, but lacking real data. An author named Henley Wing Chiu has done something that many people want to do but lack the energy to accomplish: he analyzed nearly 180 million global job postings from 2023 to October 2025, comparing which specific job demands decreased and which increased in 2024 and 2025. One specific data point is that the total number of job postings globally in 2025 is expected to decrease by 8% compared to the same period in 2024. The -8% figure serves as a baseline; if the decline in job postings exceeds this number, it indicates a drop in job availability. 1. Creative Field: Significant Decline in Creative Execution Among the top 10 positions with the largest declines in 2025, three are from the creative industry: - Computer Graphics Artist (-33%): including 3D artists, VFX specialists, etc. - Photographer (-28%) - Writer (-28%): including copywriters, editors, technical document authors, etc. The decline is around 30%, far exceeding the -8% baseline, and this marks the second consecutive year of decline. This can almost certainly be identified as a structural recession rather than market fluctuations. However, not all data in the creative field is declining; positions such as Creative Director, Creative Manager, Graphic Designer, and Product Designer have seen declines much smaller than those of the execution roles, remaining roughly in line with or even better than the overall market. AI is replacing the execution part of creative work, not the strategic part. This aligns with intuition; for creative execution, AI can now generate images and even videos quickly, efficiently, and at a low cost. However, creative strategy roles—such as communicating with clients, understanding needs, formulating strategies, grasping styles, iterating feedback, and researching users—require complex decision-making, empathy, and strategic thinking, which AI is currently unable to handle. Purely "creative execution roles" are rapidly shrinking, while "creative strategy roles" remain robust. 2. By Job Level: AI Empowers Executives, Eliminates Workers Looking at job increases and decreases by level: - Senior Leadership (Directors, Vice Presidents, C-level): -1.7%, although also declining, this is less than the overall -8%. - Middle Management (Managers): -5.7% - Individual Contributors (IC, i.e., frontline employees): -9.0%, worse than the baseline of -8%. ...