‘Depressed Office Workers Due to AI’... "26 Million Accounting and Administrative Job Cuts Worldwide"

WEF Report "Into 25% Job Changes... 14 Million Net Job Losses"

An analysis has emerged suggesting that the application of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) could significantly increase over the next five years, potentially reducing 14 million jobs.

According to foreign media, the World Economic Forum (WEF) conducted a survey of over 800 companies across 45 countries worldwide and released a report on the 30th (local time) predicting that about 25% of existing jobs will be affected by the whirlwind of changes brought about by AI.

Approximately 75% of the surveyed companies expect that the introduction of AI will reduce up to 26 million workers in roles such as cashiers, ticketing agents, administrative assistants, and accounting staff.

AI technologies like ChatGPT have shown both positive and negative effects. While they impact many roles by replacing or automating tasks including reasoning, communication, and decision coordination, they are also expected to increase jobs by 30% in fields such as big data analysis, machine learning, and cybersecurity by 2027.

Offsetting 69 million newly created jobs by 2027 against 83 million jobs lost, a net decrease of 14 million jobs is anticipated. This figure corresponds to about 2% of the current employment scale.

Meanwhile, Margrethe Vestager, the European Union (EU) Commissioner for Competition, stated on the same day that the EU is likely to reach a political agreement within this year to become the world’s first to enact an AI law.

On the 27th, the EU drafted an AI regulatory bill that primarily requires AI companies like those behind ChatGPT to disclose the copyright of the original data used to operate their systems.

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