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What jobs will be threatened by artificial intelligence? While some believed low-wage workers would be the most vulnerable, a new Brookings Institution study has suggested the opposite is true.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will most certainly challenge the status quo of how we perform our work. The Brookings Institution undertook the mighty challenge of identifying which sectors will be the most affected by the rise of AI and which jobs might be on the line for their human counterparts.
The methodology used to determine which jobs would be significantly impacted by AI measured the overlap between the text of filed AI patents. By doing so, the Brookings Institute discerned the type of position likely to be changed by matching abilities from Artificial Intelligence.
The Brookings Institution announced the following findings:
- Artificial Intelligence can disrupt the work in nearly every professional group.
- Contrary to popular opinion of how lower-class workers are more exposed, the study found that highly-paid, white-collar professions may be the most vulnerable to AI, as well as some construction and farming trades.
- The business industries of tech and banking will be more affected by AI, as will energy industries such as natural oil and gas exploration.
- Artificial Intelligence will affect male workers more so than their female counterparts
- Urban centers and metropolitan areas that are largely involved in manufacturing are set to experience the most exposure to AI disruption.
The Brookings Institution's findings still show that there is much to learn about AI and that the study's conclusions are only preliminary.
Based on these conclusions the report says that “we have a lot to learn about AI, and that these are extremely early days in our inquiries. Society should be prepared for a rise of automation but it is still unclear on the ultimate effects Artificial Intelligence will have on the working populations.
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Adrienne M. Selko | Dec 02, 2019 - It’s impossible to ignore the fact that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how we do our current jobs. But what has captured even more interest is how the increasing capability of this technology will affect future jobs.
In trying to determine the specific effects on which jobs and which sectors, many studies have been undertaking but it’s hard to capture this information.
To add further research to this topic the Brookings Institution issued a report on Nov. 20, presenting a new method of analyzing this issue.
