AI is creating more 6-figure, remote jobs, but its not all upside, experts say [Video]

Mark Kashef had long considered finance the most stable, lucrative field you could work in — until the release of Chat GPT.

On Nov. 30, 2022, the public gained access to OpenAI’s chatbot, which could create human-like responses to simple prompts from users. Some people dismissed the chatbot as a fad, but Kashef, then 27, looked at the technology and saw only dollar signs.

The Ottawa native had recently left a career in finance to work in data science. He was happy in his new role as an engineer at Amazon but felt like he had hit a lull at work and craved a new challenge. 

So, three days after ChatGPT was released to the world, he decided to cash in on the AI hype: He set up a profile on Fiverr, an online freelance marketplace, and started offering consultations on using generative AI for productivity and chatbot development.

“That’s when the …