Bedia, Jay Mark
Overview:
Less work force, less expenses for the employer and for the companies. Big budget and cost
cutting for companies if people will be replaced by robots and/or AI. Also, it will be convenient
for people if every transactions are done thru online. It will be faster and hassle free since you
can do it using your phone, laptop, tablet and computer. 2. Huge percentage of the work force
will lose their job. Since most of the employees here in the Ph are in service-related work,
people will be forced to look for job that robots/AI cannot do. Less human interaction and
eventually it will affect the social and communication skills of every people. Co-existing and co-
relating will be lesser and might be a difficult skill for newer generation in the future. More
crimes have higher possibility to increase (Cyberbullying, pornography, scams, hacked bank
accounts, etc.
Real-world examples of the controversy
Looking back on history, it seems reasonable to conclude that fears and concerns regarding AI
and automation are understandable but ultimately unwarranted. Technological change may
eliminate specific jobs, but it has always created more in the process.
Beyond net job creation, there are other reasons to be optimistic about the impact of artificial
intelligence and automation.
According to various reports, the warnings suggest that AI could lead to the loss of tens of
millions of jobs. It begs the question, when or what is the time horizon of the adoption of AI and
the job loss a reality? Many reports suggest of job displacement or the very nature of jobs
shifting. Automation and technology have shifted work in pursuit of lowering costs, increasing
efficiency and production. The automobile “displaced” work that was done via horse and buggy,
electricity or fluorescent lighting displaced gas lamps and gas replaced coal in many instances.
Jobs have been displaced in the past, but in today’s case the rate at which these exponential
technologies are growing is moving faster than the rate of human adaptation. That speed at
which we are experiencing technological and societal change is only the beginning as many
futurists, such as Peter Diamandis, prophesize
The potential impact of the controversy
. The interpretation is AI equals job loss; we would argue that the interpretation should be
interpreted as AI and technology advancements will require job retraining and job reskilling. The
reports also seem to suggest that our educational system is preparing for jobs of today, when
we see that the jobs of the future will be quite different, with different resources and tools at
our disposal. This further creates panic in that we see nothing but chaos and the inability to
control our destiny for ourselves and our children.
Possible solutions or ways to mitigate the controversy
• Commission and support detailed research to assess which employees are most at risk of
job displacement by automation in their countries. It is essential that we better understand
how impacts will differ by employment sector, geography, age group, gender, educational
attainment and socio-economic group.
• Develop smart, targeted strategies to address future job displacement, based on the results
of research into the differential impact of automation by sector, region and demographic
group in their countries. The importance of targeting these interventions to those most at
risk cannot be overemphasised. Such interventions could include supporting businesses to
retrain employees, and providing financial and psychological support to the people
impacted.
• Adapting the local education system to maximise the opportunities and minimise the risks
created by AI. While STEM skills will be crucial in the future world of work, education
systems should not restrict themselves to focusing on these alone. They must provide
forward-looking and future-proof training in creativity and interpersonal skills, which will be
less automatable in the longer term. Lifelong learning, student-led learning, and the
personalization of education will underpin the resilience and adaptability necessary to
thrive in the workplace of the future. Lastly, educational policy must also support initiatives
that encourage underrepresented sectors of society (including women and ethnic
minorities) to receive training in AI development and deployment.
• Conduct research into alternative income and taxation models that result in fairer
distribution of the wealth that these technologies will create. This could include undertaking
well-designed trials of Universal Basic Income along the lines of those currently underway in
Finland, Scotland and Canada. Fiscal and welfare policies must be updated to ensure that
wealth is not increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few commercial entities who own
robots and other automated technologies.
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