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Artificial intelligence is coming to your job: 41% of employers intend to reduce their workforce as certain tasks are automated by AI, a World Economic Forum survey found on Wednesday. .
According to research published in WEF’s Future of Jobs Report, 77% of hundreds of large companies surveyed around the world plan to improve their collaboration with AI between 2025 and 2030. The respondents said that they are planning to retrain and upskill existing employees during this period. However, unlike the previous edition in 2023, this year’s report does not say that most technologies, including AI, are expected to have a “net positive” impact on employment numbers.
“Advances in AI and renewable energy are reshaping the (labor) market, increasing demand for many technologies and professions while decreasing demand for others, such as graphic designers. ” the WEF said in a press release ahead of its annual report. They are scheduled to meet in Davos later this month.
In a wide-ranging report, Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi highlighted the role of generative AI in reshaping industries and operations across all sectors. A technology that allows you to create original content such as text and images in response to instructions from users.
Postal workers, executive secretaries and payroll clerks are among the jobs that employers expect to see the fastest decline in numbers over the next few years, due to the rise of AI and other trends.
“Both graphic designers and legal secretaries sit just outside the top 10 fastest-declining positions, a first of its kind not seen in previous Future of Work reports. “This may indicate GenAI’s increasing ability to perform knowledge work,” the report said.
Conversely, AI skills are increasingly in demand. A recent study conducted last year found that nearly 70% of companies plan to hire new talent with skills to design AI tools and extensions, and 62% of companies plan to hire new talent to work better with AI. The company plans to hire more people with these skills.
The report struck an optimistic note, stating that “the main impact of technologies such as generative AI on work will not be outright replacement, but rather “human-machine collaboration, especially given their continued importance. ” has the potential to “enhance” human skills. Acquiring people-centered skills. ”
However, many workers have already been replaced by AI. In recent years, some technology companies, such as file storage service Dropbox and language learning app Duolingo, have cited AI as a reason for job cuts.
