Will the AI of ChatGpt and associates steal our jobs? Here are the big names who are already thinking about it
IBM's number 1 admitted that artificial intelligence allows the company to freeze over 7,000 job positions. And it's not the only group that is taking that direction as demonstrated by the Chinese example: are ChatGpt & the like already stealing our jobs?
Some point out that AI had already started stealing our jobs several years ago, even before ChatGpt was mentioned. This would have happened in everyone's disinterest and would have concerned those workers who, while the attention of the media focused on riders and the harmful consequences of the gig economy, were already the emblem of an increasingly precarious and rights-free market: switchboard operators. Gradually, if you pay attention, they have been replaced by chatbots. Now it is the algorithms, which demonstrate very little artificial intelligence, that act as a filter between the user and the company: those who have had disservices related to domestic users and have spent a few hours trying to communicate with these virtual robots to finally arrive at a technician knows something about it.
BEWARE OF CHINESE CASSANDRA
And it's not the only sector that has already been bitten by AIs. According to the Rest of World report, the search for professional video game illustrators in China has decreased by 70% due to artificial intelligences.
Since workers' rights do not enjoy particular protection in the Asian country, development companies have begun to adopt AI en masse, tireless, without pay, with inexhaustible creativity and, above all, very fast.
CHATGPT & CO. WILL THEY STEAL OUR JOBS? IT APPEARS Yes
This is why the words recently expressed by the CEO of IBM , Arvind Krishna , according to which thanks to ChatGpt & co. it will be possible to cut thousands of jobs, freezing the recruitment of 7,800 job positions which will be replaced precisely by algorithms.
Krishna explained that the first to be affected by the human-machine turnover will be those who perform functions related to Human Resources, such as managing employee movements and associated services. Conversely, roles that require human oversight won't be affected for at least another decade, he predicts. Jobs that require customer interaction and software development will take much longer before artificial intelligence can replace them.
Of course, in a company that employs 260,000 employees, the fact that 7,800 can lose their jobs due to Chat&Gpt and similar AI is not a big impact. But, as IBM's number 1 said, in the next few years artificial intelligences will come to cover new roles and layoffs will be greater.
GOODBYE SCREENWRITERS?
And it's not the only company that is considering following similar paths. Although Ubisoft, the French software house in the world of video games, has repeatedly reiterated that AI will not affect the number of jobs in the company, the multinational is experimenting with advanced artificial intelligence algorithms for the texts of its games. Developed in the heart of the Canadian division, by Ubisoft La Forge , the algorithm is now in an advanced stage of development, so much so that the software house wanted to show its potential in a video .
There are very many open world titles developed by the French group, from Assassin's Creed to Watch Dogs up to The Crew, just to mention the best known and each of them includes thousands of non-player characters that one day could be consulted by the player without a human has written ad hoc lines of dialogue for them.
AI PROMOTED BY WALMART SUPPLIERS
Walmart, which in the United States is synonymous with large retailers, is using a Pactum AI chatbot to automatically negotiate certain agreements with suppliers. According to reports, the technology saves an average of three percent on contracts and would have obtained the approval of those who came into contact with the machine: 75% prefer to do business with the bot rather than with a human.
WHAT FUTURE AWAITS US?
According to research by the World Economic Forum , the adoption of AI by companies, with particular regard to applications such as ChatGpt, will generate a profound "disruption" in the global labor markets, eliminating many white-collar professionals: 75% of the companies consulted by the WEF expect to adopt AI technologies in the near future, with a cut of 26 million jobs, especially administrative ones, with the highest price paid by profiles such as office workers, communication and coordination officers, accounting operators.
The overall impact of technologies such as ChatGpt entering the company will be very significant and is measured, according to WEF estimates, with the global elimination of 83 million job positions and the simultaneous creation of 69 million new Work. This means, as CNN writes, a net loss of 14 million jobs, equivalent to 2% of all employment.
THE POSITIVE ASPECTS, OR MAYBE NOT
Even more catastrophic is the study by Goldman Sachs, The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth , according to which with ChatGpt and merry family in circulation, as many as 300 million jobs would be at risk. And, paradoxically, the most disturbing aspect of the research is also the most positive: the adoption of AI could lead to a 7% growth in global GDP over the next ten years.
Faced with such a leap for the world economy, many governments and many parliaments could be dissuaded from legislating to curb the advance of the machines: in that case, they have the task of redistributing the new wealth created by AI. Given the historical precedents, this is unlikely to happen. Perhaps it will be appropriate to replace the honorable and ministers with ChatGpt?
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/lia-di-chatgpt-e-soci-ci-rubera-il-lavoro-le-big-che-ci-stanno-gia-pensando/ on Sun, 14 May 2023 05:15:03 +0000.