Dubai, UAE – The increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications poses a potential threat to numerous traditional jobs. Simultaneously, new job opportunities are expected to emerge, but only individuals with advanced technological skills and education would be eligible for them.
TRENDS conducted a Twitter poll, asking its followers whether their jobs were at risk due to AI in an attempt to gauge the impact of the technology on different professions. The results revealed that 38 percent of respondents believed their jobs were at risk, while 31 percent responded negatively.
Another 31 percent responded with uncertainty, indicating that the impact of AI on their professions was unclear.
The majority of the voters were male, constituting 65.8 percent of the participants.
Most of the voters were in the 20-29 age group (44.8 percent), followed by those in 30-39 (31.7 percent) and 40-49 years (13.5 percent). Only 10 percent of the voters were above 50 years old.
Egyptians constituted the majority of voters (92.9 percent), followed by Lebanon (4.5 percent), Qatar (1.4 percent), Kuwait (0.6 percent), the UAE (0.4 percent), and only 0.2 percent were from the other countries.
Companies will adopt AI skills
About 75 percent of companies surveyed expect to adopt artificial intelligence technologies over the next five years, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum.
This is projected to eliminate up to 26 million jobs in record-keeping and administrative positions such as store checkers and ticket distributors, data entry personnel, and accountants.
The World Economic Forum study included over 800 companies employing 11.3 million workers in 45 economies worldwide.
At the same time, Goldman Sachs published a report showing that “artificial intelligence” could take about 300 million full-time human jobs.
In 2022, PwC’s annual global workforce survey showed that nearly a third of respondents said they were concerned about the prospect of technology making their role irrelevant within three years.
Jobs AI won’t take
In fact, jobs in the visual arts, such as graphic design, may be the first to go, as even the most basic algorithms may guide a bot to examine millions of photographs, allowing AI to learn aesthetics rapidly.
However, there is safety in other forms of creativity, such as those found in science, medicine, and law, and among those whose job is to devise novel legal strategies and commercial plans.
Nurses, business consultants, and reporters specializing in uncovering the truth fall under the second protected group.
The third group of professions safe from AI apps involves high mobility, talent, and problem-solving skills in ambiguous settings. Again, this category includes a wide range of occupations, including but not limited to those in the trades.
There are many jobs that AI cannot replace for sure.
Here’s a small list:
- Roof Helpers
- Marble Workers
- Carpenters
- Painters
- Athletes of all kinds
- Meat cutting and packing; chopping poultry and fish
- Plumbers and pipe fitters
- Workers in the mining industry
- Barbers and aestheticians
- Drivers
- Cookers and chefs
- Manufacturers
- Vehicle repairers
- Drivers
- Power line installers
- Builders
- Oil and gas extraction machinery operators
However, media jobs across the board — including those in advertising, technical writing, journalism, and any role that involves content creation — may be affected by ChatGPT and similar forms of AI.
Well, AI can read, write, and understand text-based data well, so if you feel threatened, just find a way that your boss can’t choose an app over you.