Will AI take my job? The dynamic development of generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, has caused more and more people to ask themselves this question. In March last year, the world saw a report by Goldman Sachs analysts who forecast that in the coming years AI may eliminate up to 300 million jobs in the USA and Europe.
Equally disturbing conclusions also come from last year’s McKinsey report, which shows that by 2030 it will be possible to automate tasks constituting up to 30 percent of the hours currently worked in the US economy,
According to the report of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published in July last year, nearly 27 percent jobs in OECD member countries may be replaced by artificial intelligence. The countries where the largest percentage of employees could lose their jobs to AI include Hungary (36.4%), Slovakia (35.7%) and the Czech Republic (35.2%).
What professions may be particularly at risk from AI?
A report published in 2019 by researchers from the Brookings Institution shows that the professions most at risk from the development of AI are: taxi and public transport drivers, catering and meal delivery workers, receptionists, HR specialists, and accountants.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2031, as a result of technological and social changes, people in the US who will suffer most from administrative and office positions, those employed in the production sector and sales employees will be the most affected.
At this point, it is difficult to talk about the liquidation of specific professions and professions. However, AI will eliminate specific tasks. This is tedious, repetitive and uncreative work that is already being subjected to robotization and automation. And this trend will continue
– explained Monika Tabor, transformation manager at Orange Polska, in an interview with Next.gazeta.pl. – We should rather focus on cooperation with AI, which will replace us or help us perform selected activities, rather than competing with artificial intelligence – adds the expert.
What professions are (still) safe? The expert points to three groups
However, there are also professions that artificial intelligence will not eliminate – at least in the foreseeable future. Martin Ford, author of the book “The Dawn of Robots. Will Artificial Intelligence Put Us Out of Jobs”, lists three groups of “safe professions”.
The first group includes the so-called creative professions in which no conventional work is performed. Ford points out that this includes, for example, graphic artists, designers and broadly understood artists, but also people who create creative business strategies.
The second group includes relationship-based professions that require empathy. Here, Ford points to nurses, business consultants and investigative journalists. In turn, the third group are professions in which employees face completely new situations every day, requiring a very individual approach to the problem.
The World Economic Forum estimates that although by 2025 85 million jobs may disappear as a result of automation, digitization and AI development, at the same time there will be a need for 97 million new jobs that require different qualifications and competences.
According to the report “AI and the labor market in Poland”, as many as 87 percent employees believe that artificial intelligence will lead to the creation of new types of work and, therefore, new positions. At the same time, key competencies will change to facilitate coexistence with AI. It is the ability to think critically and communicate effectively that will be most valued.
Source: Gazeta
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