The impact of the rapid spread of Ai in the world of work has the potential to profoundly destabilize society.
It is on the employment front where the most perceptible and relevant problems are likely to arise. This is the position of Mario Draghi’s report on European competitiveness: “The impact of AI in Europe has so far been one of increasing rather than replacing the workforce: there is a positive association between exposure to AI and the sector’s share of employment. However, this association may be transitory, as companies are still in the early stages of understanding how to deploy these technologies. “
There are many professions that could disappear or lose value because of artificial intelligence. Think of a translator, a speaker or, again, a call center operator; specialized forms of artificial intelligence are essentially replacing these figures in the professional world, shrinking the areas where human activity is irreplaceable and still has value.
It is not only repetitive jobs that are at risk; in fact, right now artificial intelligence is challenging even creative activities, such as illustration or music composition.
Right now, publications on the future of work are proliferating, with arbitrary lists of “jobs that will disappear.” The Draghi report further writes, “According to research conducted in the United States, about 80 percent of the workforce could be affected in at least 10 percent of their work duties due to the introduction of so-called Large Language Models (LLMs), while nearly 20 percent of workers could be affected in at least 50 percent of their jobs. Unlike previous waves of computerization, higher-skilled jobs are likely to be more at risk.”
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