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For those who are concerned about the II impact on the labor market, the recent ad CEO of Amazon Andy Yassi can add even more fuel to the fire.
In a note by Amazon employee on June 17 Jassy general that the company plans to cut its corporate labor in the next few years with the “improving efficiency” from the use of AI.
“If we unfold more generative II and agents, it must change the way to do our work,” Yasi wrote. “We will need fewer people who perform some jobs that are being performed today, and more people perform other types of jobs.”
Early this year’s report of the World Economic Forum find that 48% of US employers plan to reduce their workforce from the II.
Although not all latest job cuts were directly related to II, several other major technology companies also seek to reduce the number: Microsoft in May announced that they plan to cut 3% of their workforce while Google recently proposed Another round of ransom through its “voluntary exit program” for company employees.
Klarna is reduced His labor force is approximately 40% of -wa AI, CEO Sebastian Symotkowski told CNBC in May, and the CEO of Shopify Toby Lutka – told the staff In the April note, which they cannot make a new hire when they cannot prove artificial intelligence, it is not capable of doing this work.
Here’s what the profit from the II for the labor market can mean, according to experts.
“It will hurt for some parts of the population”
Kate Lister, President of the Consulting Firm Global WorkPlace Analytics, says it is not fully convinced that recent technology dismissal is fully related to the II.
She raises the question: “Would you like your shareholders or potential investors to read that you postpone people because everything will improve as a result of your investment in II, or you would say rather that business is not good and we’re going to postpone people?”
According to Lister, many technology companies are still in consequences of “explosive” hiring during a pandemic, which may be another possible cause of job reduction.
At the same time, Lister says that the threat of II in a certain long -term work is “inevitable”.
“We knew it was going on a very long time – not even typical for the II, but in the last 10 years we have said that we needed modernization of skills,” she says.
It lists the administrative and customer service services as two professions that may be especially vulnerable to II In the short term. So far, according to her, the blue collar workers can be “safer” from reducing jobs related to II than working white collars.
“In recent months, work safety has been stronger in transactions Than many traditional workplaces with white collars, “Nich Tremper, Senior Economist Business Software Gusto, CNBC said in April.
Lister urges companies to consider “real need to improve” and prepare its employees for AI BOOM.
According to Lister, AI has the potential to streamline productivity, take on the work and help workers avoid burnout.
“I think it will make us a lot more reasonable, much more effective, and allow us to do the work in which we, as humans, are good,” she says.
However, she says: “If we do not take a step back and teach people to use it as much as possible, it will be difficult,” adding that it provides “a lot of unemployment”.
However, according to the Lister, until the time to panic Replace human employees.
“It is not there yet.” But the fact is that for some parts the population will hurt. “
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