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Did AI anxiety push people toward trade careers?

Did AI anxiety push people toward trade careers?

Search interest in “how to become a plumber” jumped after ChatGPT launched in late 2022. And has stayed elevated ever since.

Is it causation? Probably not entirely. But the timing is hard to ignore.

One thing worth noting: we’re not at record highs. Interest is back to 2020–21 levels, not surging past them.

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