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Artificial Intelligence Series 2 Of 5: AI’s Influence On The Workforce

Artificial Intelligence Series 2 Of 5: AI’s Influence On The Workforce

Humans and technology Ben Sweet – Unsplash A ginormous concern from the public is how will AI impact jobs. The combination of layoffs with the explosion of AI elevates these concerns. Technological advances are inevitable. We can’t stop the momentum, but we can potentially slow it down with regulations and the thoughtfulness of how we balance technology adoption and job preservation. With the speed of innovation and disruption, we need to pause to make sure we are in control of how tech impacts society. It is important to reflect on what our core values; taking into consideration both how […]

The Future of Work: Adapting to Automation and Artificial Intelligence

The Future of Work: Adapting to Automation and Artificial Intelligence

The rapid advancements in automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the workforce and raising questions about the future of work.

Companies need workers with the right skills to develop, manage, and maintain their automated equipment and digital processes and to do the jobs that machines cannot. Reskilling can help left-behind workers find new careers.

It’s essential for workers to need to learn new skills to access the employment market in a very competitive environment.This article explores the impact of automation and AI on employment, the skills required in the evolving job market, and the importance of adaptability and lifelong learning. […]

Fears Of AI Are Greatly Exaggerated

Fears Of AI Are Greatly Exaggerated

A man moves his finger toward an automated hand. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit … [+] AFP via Getty Images Fear colors much conversation about artificial intelligence (AI). Some seem concerned with matters of privacy, others worry over abuses of power or the upending of social relationships. Much of the fear centers on job destruction. These last concerns are far from new. They have emerged with every technological advance since the industrial revolution began in the late eighteenth century. They are a very old story that commentators today have attached to something otherwise very new. If the history […]

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.

Technology used to automate dirty and repetitive jobs. Now, artificial intelligence chatbots are coming after high-paid ones.

Eric Fein at his home in Bloomingdale, Ill. Fein lost many of his writing jobs to ChatGPT and plans to attend the College of DuPage technical school in the fall to study heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. (Taylor Glascock for The Washington Post) When ChatGPT came out last November, Olivia Lipkin, a 25-year-old copywriter in San Francisco, didn’t think too much about it. Then, articles about how to use the chatbot on the job began appearing on internal Slack groups at […]

Wanted: An AI Job That (Mostly) Doesn’t Exist Yet

Wanted: An AI Job That (Mostly) Doesn’t Exist Yet

Anna Helhoski

At one time, no one had ever heard of a telegraph operator. An electrician. Auto mechanic. TV producer. X-ray technician. Software developer. Webmaster. Cybersecurity specialist.

Advancements in technology have always spawned new kinds of jobs while rendering other ones obsolete. Artificial intelligence will be no exception. Right now, we don’t fully know what those jobs will be. But that hasn’t stopped job seekers from trying to find out.Prognosticators say artificial intelligence will likely have a similar impact on the labor market — and workers want to get in on the ground floor. But it’s clear that even employers don’t […]

Automation Risks Creating a Two-Tier Workforce of Haves and Have-Nots

Automation Risks Creating a Two-Tier Workforce of Haves and Have-Nots

Blue Planet Studio/Getty Images The recent news that BT would reduce its workforce by as many as 55,000 by 2030, including about 10,000 jobs replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) , is part of a growing trend of job losses globally due to various forms of automation.

This is borne out by several industry reports, including one from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) acknowledging that as many as 800 million jobs may be lost globally due to changes in technology by 2030.

In our book Work 3.0 , the author and business adviser Avik Chanda and I contend that, due to automation as […]

US Workers Want ChatGPT To Help With Decisions – automatica survey reveals

Survey of 1,000 employees in the US

MUNICH, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AI — 63 percent of employees in the US welcome AI services like ChatGPT to help them make the right decision at the workplace. A big majority of almost 80 percent though wants such digital tools to be instantly recognizable as machines. These are results of the automatica trend index 2023. For the study, 1,000 employees were surveyed in the US on behalf of the leading trade fair for smart automation and robotics “automatica” (June 27 – June 30 in Munich, Germany). “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence software like […]

Automation risks creating a two-tier workforce of haves and have-nots

Automation risks creating a two-tier workforce of haves and have-nots

The recent news that BT would reduce its workforce by as many as 55,000 by 2030, including about 10,000 jobs replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) , is part of a growing trend of job losses globally due to various forms of automation.

This is borne out by several industry reports, including one from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) acknowledging that as many as 800 million jobs may be lost globally due to changes in technology by 2030.

In our book Work 3.0 , the author and business adviser Avik Chanda and I contend that, due to automation as well as newer ways […]

What US job will shrink the most in the next decade?

What US job will shrink the most in the next decade?

By 2031, it’s expected that 335,000 fewer jobs will be available to people working as cashiers. hen a reader recently asked me to look at how many teachers were leaving the occupation, I assumed the numbers would be high. Between wage stagnation and the near impossible working conditions during the height of Covid, I guessed that the outlook for US teaching jobs would be bleak.

The data tells a different story. Yes, a high number of people are exiting the occupation each year (148,000 on average) but the US Bureau of Labor Statistics still expects that a huge number of […]

Workplace fatality rates have been stagnant for decades. Could robotics finally reduce them?

Workplace fatality rates have been stagnant for decades. Could robotics finally reduce them?

Despite ongoing concerns about automation in the workplace, robotics focused on safety could lead to the creation of new jobs in other areas, particularly in engineering, maintenance and programming, a National Safety Council report found. Robotics in the workplace — especially autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs — may be able to reduce injuries and improve safety across a variety of industries, according to a May 25 report from the National Safety Council.

Overall, U.S. workplace fatality rates haven’t changed much in the past three decades, despite efforts to reduce injury and death. However, newer technologies may be able to help.

“Robotics […]