As artificial intelligence continues its rapid rise from science fiction to office staple, one expert has put numbers behind a growing unease: which jobs are actually being replaced right now.
Henley Wing Chiu, Chief Technology Officer at Revealera and Bloomberry, analyzed a staggering 180 million global job postings between January 2023 and October 2025 to uncover the professions most affected by AI disruption. His findings, shared on LinkedIn, paint a selective, but revealing, picture of how technology is reshaping the job market.
Creative fields take the hardest hit
If you’re in a creative profession, the data may sting. According to Chiu’s analysis, job postings for computer graphics artists fell by 32.7 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year, while writers and photographers saw declines of 27.9 percent and 28.1 percent respectively.
“AI isn’t wiping out entire professions,” Chiu explained, “but it is dividing them.” In his words, execution-based creative roles such as copywriters, VFX artists, and technical designers are the ones most vulnerable to automation.
The report also noted declines among journalists, videographers, and compliance specialists, suggesting that repetitive or production-heavy tasks are the easiest targets for AI tools.
The surprising survivors
Not all roles are shrinking. Chiu’s data shows that strategic, empathetic, and leadership-focused jobs are holding strong — or even growing. “AI is having a selective impact,” he said. “Jobs requiring empathy, strategy, and complex problem-solving remain resilient.”
Among the fastest-growing roles, machine learning engineers topped the list with a 39.6 percent increase in job postings. Other winners include pharmacists (+13.5 percent), mortgage loan officers (+14.4 percent), and legal directors (+20.6 percent).
Interestingly, director-level roles across industries — from software engineering to real estate — surged between 14 and 23 percent, while senior leadership positions only dipped by 1.7 percent overall.
Why creativity isn’t dead
Chiu’s analysis suggests that AI isn’t erasing creativity but redefining what it means to be creative. While content creation and visual production can now be automated at speed, human oversight, conceptual thinking, and taste still matter.
In his words, “Creative strategy roles are holding steady.” It’s the difference between executing a design and deciding why that design should exist in the first place. This split between creative thinking and creative doing could become a defining feature of the next job era — where those who can harness AI rather than compete with it come out ahead.
For students, professionals, or anyone rethinking their future in the age of automation, Chiu’s findings offer a roadmap: lean into roles that use uniquely human skills. Empathy, leadership, negotiation, and judgment — the very traits machines can’t easily mimic — may become the most valuable currency in the modern job market.
And while not every job faces an imminent AI takeover, the data underscores one truth: adaptability is the new job security.
Henley Wing Chiu, Chief Technology Officer at Revealera and Bloomberry, analyzed a staggering 180 million global job postings between January 2023 and October 2025 to uncover the professions most affected by AI disruption. His findings, shared on LinkedIn, paint a selective, but revealing, picture of how technology is reshaping the job market.
Creative fields take the hardest hit
If you’re in a creative profession, the data may sting. According to Chiu’s analysis, job postings for computer graphics artists fell by 32.7 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year, while writers and photographers saw declines of 27.9 percent and 28.1 percent respectively.
“AI isn’t wiping out entire professions,” Chiu explained, “but it is dividing them.” In his words, execution-based creative roles such as copywriters, VFX artists, and technical designers are the ones most vulnerable to automation.
The report also noted declines among journalists, videographers, and compliance specialists, suggesting that repetitive or production-heavy tasks are the easiest targets for AI tools.
The surprising survivors
Not all roles are shrinking. Chiu’s data shows that strategic, empathetic, and leadership-focused jobs are holding strong — or even growing. “AI is having a selective impact,” he said. “Jobs requiring empathy, strategy, and complex problem-solving remain resilient.”
Among the fastest-growing roles, machine learning engineers topped the list with a 39.6 percent increase in job postings. Other winners include pharmacists (+13.5 percent), mortgage loan officers (+14.4 percent), and legal directors (+20.6 percent).
Interestingly, director-level roles across industries — from software engineering to real estate — surged between 14 and 23 percent, while senior leadership positions only dipped by 1.7 percent overall.
Why creativity isn’t dead
Chiu’s analysis suggests that AI isn’t erasing creativity but redefining what it means to be creative. While content creation and visual production can now be automated at speed, human oversight, conceptual thinking, and taste still matter.
In his words, “Creative strategy roles are holding steady.” It’s the difference between executing a design and deciding why that design should exist in the first place. This split between creative thinking and creative doing could become a defining feature of the next job era — where those who can harness AI rather than compete with it come out ahead.
For students, professionals, or anyone rethinking their future in the age of automation, Chiu’s findings offer a roadmap: lean into roles that use uniquely human skills. Empathy, leadership, negotiation, and judgment — the very traits machines can’t easily mimic — may become the most valuable currency in the modern job market.
And while not every job faces an imminent AI takeover, the data underscores one truth: adaptability is the new job security.
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