2023-05-02 00:11:02
The irruption of artificial intelligence could mean the disappearance of 26 million jobs, according to the data that 25 percent of the world’s companies will reduce staff thanks to its impact, according to a recent report by the World Economic Forum. .
Artificial intelligence (AI) and digitization are accelerating the demand for technology and cybersecurity specialists, but at the same time increasing the decline in administrative work, which over the next five years will cause changes in labor markets globally, says the text.
The document brings together the perspectives of 803 companies that together employ more than 11.3 million workers in 45 economies from all regions of the world.
Of those, 75 percent expect to adopt AI technologies in the next five years for administrative and record-keeping jobs such as tellers, ticket clerks, data entry and accounting.
“Given that these are currently popular occupations, these expectations could result in a decrease of 26 million jobs globally,” says the report, which indicates that 25 percent of the companies questioned expect the development of AI to generate job losses. employment.
On the other hand, 50 percent of the organizations consulted expect AI to generate job growth, but especially for occupations related to technology.
At the same time, the paper stresses, however, that AI currently poses less of a threat to job prospects than other macroeconomic factors, such as slower economic growth, supply shortages and inflation.
With information from Russia Today
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