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Experts say millions of roles involving repetitive tasks from clerical positions to logistics could vanish in the next decade.
AI will transform millions of jobs, automating many roles but also creating new opportunities in data and AI collaboration by 2030.
Key Takeaways
- AI will automate many repetitive and junior roles, significantly altering the labor market.
- Job displacement due to AI is already happening in major companies like Microsoft and Amazon.
- AI is also expected to create new job categories, particularly in data and AI-human collaboration.
- Overall, the net effect of AI on jobs could be positive, with more jobs created than lost by 2030.
- The impact of AI on employment varies widely depending on industry and job type.
Summary
- Millions of repetitive task roles, especially junior level jobs, face high risk of automation within the next decade.
- Goldman Sachs estimates 300 million jobs could be exposed to automation in 10 years, with two-thirds of roles likely changed by AI.
- The World Economic Forum predicts machine-performed work tasks will increase from just over 20% to more than 33% in five years.
- AI currently performs 30-50% of work at Salesforce, indicating significant workplace integration.
- Microsoft's layoffs of up to 16,000 workers were partly driven by AI efficiencies.
- Amazon's CEO has warned AI will reduce total headcount, though layoffs have not yet occurred.
- ChatGPT predicts AI will create millions of new jobs in data engineering and human-AI collaboration.
- The World Economic Forum forecasts AI, robotics, and related tech will add 170 million jobs by 2030.
- If these predictions hold, total global jobs will increase in five years rather than decrease.
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All junior level jobs in any industry are at high risk.
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But estimates of how many jobs will be affected vary widely.
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Goldman Sachs projects 300 million jobs could be exposed to automation over the next 10 years, with roughly two-thirds of current roles likely to be changed by the use of AI.
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And the World Economic Forum reckons that in five years time, the proportion of work tasks performed mainly by machines will grow from just over a fifth to more than a third.
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But what do we know about the impact that AI is already having in the workplace?
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AI is doing 30 to 50% of the work at Salesforce now, and I think that that will, you know,
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continue.
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Earlier this year, Microsoft announced two rounds of layoffs affecting up to 16,000 workers.
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partly driven by AI efficiencies.
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And Amazon's CEO recently warned that AI would see a reduction.
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in that company's total head count.
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Although the firm is not yet laying off staff.
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But it's not all one way traffic.
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If you ask Chat GPT about the AI impact on jobs,
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it predicts the technology will also create millions of new roles in data engineering.
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and human AI collaboration.
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And that same World Economic Forum report predicts AI, robotics,
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and related technologies will add 170 million jobs.
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by 2030.
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If that comes to pass, the world will have more total jobs.
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in five years time, not fewer.
Topics:AI impactlabor marketjob automationjob creationartificial intelligenceworkplace AIjob displacementdata engineering jobshuman AI collaborationfuture of work
