Artificial Intelligence and Future Work

Shishi Chen

doi:10.54097/5j9j0c54

Authors

Shishi Chen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/5j9j0c54

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Future work, Job market, Replacement of traditional occupations, Emergence of new occupations, Specific skill, Government policy, Education and training, Personal career planning

Abstract

With the rapid development of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept in science fiction but has become a part of our daily life and work. Also, the wide application of AI technology will have a profound impact on our future work, so in this paper, we discuss the impact of AI on the future work. Starting from the emergence, development and rise of AI, the functions of AI and its main features are introduced. Then, it analyses the mechanism of AI’s impact on the job market, including the substitution of traditional jobs by automation, the emergence of new occupational fields, and the diversity of works and changes in the choice of employment modes, etc. It also combines specific occupations with targeted analyses of the impact of AI on various industries, about what new jobs have been created, how integration with traditional occupations can be achieved, and the new requirements for workers’ skills. On this basis, in view of the changes in the job market, occupations and skills requirements of AI, corresponding opinions, suggestions and countermeasures are put forward in terms of the formulation of government policies, the adjustment of education and training tasks as well as the personal career planning of practitioners, so as to guide people to get ready for the work of the future.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

[1] Janiesch, C., Zschech, P., & Heinrich, K. (2021). Machine learning and deep learning. Electronic Markets, 31(3), 685-695.

[2] https://www.educba.com/types-of-artificial-intelligence/?source=leftnav,Types of Artificial Intelligence

[3] Acemoglu, D., & Restrepo, P. (2020). Robots and jobs: Evidence from US labor markets. Journal of political economy, 128(6), 2188-2244.

[4] Aghion, P., Antonin, C., Bunel, S., & Jaravel, X. (2020). What are the labor and product market effects of automation? New evidence from France.

[5] https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1738227676921957770&wfr=spider&for=pc

[6] Goos, M., & Manning, A. (2007). Lousy and lovely jobs: The rising polarization of work in Britain. The review of economics and statistics, 89(1), 118-133.

[7] Keynes, J. M. (1930). Economic possibilities for our grandchildren. In Essays in persuasion (pp. 321-332). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.

[8] https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1772298679245073051&wfr=spider&for=pc

[9] Information on: https://cointelegraph.com/news/7-800-jobs-at-ibm-could-be-replaced-by-ai-within-years-suggests-ceo

[10] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/11/28/could-amazon-be-replacing-recruiters-with-artificial-intelligence-software/?sh=c43cac7534fa

[11] Barrat, J. (2023). Our final invention: Artificial intelligence and the end of the human era. Hachette UK.

[12] https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1766312138380793251&wfr=spider&for=pc

[13] Jovanovic, B., & Rousseau, P. L. (2005). General purpose technologies. In Handbook of economic growth (Vol. 1, pp. 1181-1224). Elsevier.

[14] https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/on-the-effects-of-artificial-intelligence-on-growth-and-employment/mp

[15] APD Castillo，Labour in the age of AI: why regulation is needed to protect workers, 2020.

[16] Colin Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, Macmillan, London: 1940.

[17] Smith, A. (1937). The wealth of nations [1776] (Vol. 11937). na.

[18] Becker, G. (1975). Human capital, 1964. National Bureau for Economic Research, New York.