By Arlenys Tabare
In a tight labor market with a current unemployment rate above 4% and a slow hiring pace that has generated great uncertainty among American workers, now added to the possibility that in the future they could be displaced from their jobs by artificial intelligence.
According to research developed by Boston Consulting Neighborhood (BCG), Approximately 50% of jobs in the United States could be “transformed” by the incorporation of AI in a period of three years, while between 10% and 15% of jobs will be replaced over the course of five years, the report highlights.
The results of the analysis are not that far from reality; In recent years, large companies and corporations have been cutting staff, budgets and allocating large investments to the implementation of AI in their operations, which has caused a large wave of massive layoffs, especially in technology companies and factories.
Although the research suggests that artificial intelligence will indeed change the way the labor market moves over a period of five years, it ensures that it will not completely replace human labor.
Matthew Kropp, managing director and vital partner of Boston Consulting Neighborhood, highlighted that In the future some positions will disappear; However, many others will require training and people working in a different way, and that takes effort, he told CBS.
For Kropp, “currently, there is an almost instinctive reaction: we will cut jobs and make layoffs. It is indiscriminate, and that is harmful for society because we need people to have jobs, but also for the companies themselves. The roles people in these positions perform will be different, even if the job still exists.”, expressed the CEO of BCG.
In this case, Kropp considered that companies should not only focus on incorporating AI, but also on training their workers in how to use it instead of simply deciding to replace them.
Recently, Gallup published the results of a survey in which it showed that more than 70% of workers in the United States consider that this is a very bad time to look for a job; Both the reduction in expenses of many companies and the introduction of AI to replace jobs are creating more pessimistic expectations among American workers.
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