Nearly two-thirds of young adults fear AI will take their jobs
According to a new survey, more than half of the UK adults are concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) can take their jobs or change beyond recognition.
The Congress of Commerce Association (TUC), which assigns the survey, said that the findings should be a call to wake up for ministers to prepare for rapid technological change.
The questionnaire found that 51 percent of working adults were worried about AI’s impact on employment. The concern was especially high among young workers, 62 percent of children aged 25 to 34 expressed fears.
The concern and the political division were seen, roughly the labor force, conservative and reform voters all of them reported the concern.
CT follows a number of major employers, including Amazon and Microsoft, and warns that progress in AI in recent months can lead to business cuts.
Tuc’s Deputy Secretary -General Kate Bell said: “AI may have the potential for AI, and if it is developed properly, workers may benefit from the productivity gains that this technology can bring.
“Alternatively gloomy. In the wrong hands, the AI revolution can strengthen a widespread inequality as things are broken or displaced and the shareholders become enriched.”
The union organ, including companies to invest in labor skills and training, called for assurance that workers will not be left behind with the progress in AI.
Experts say that the effect of AI will not be equal among sectors. Routine administrative roles and some digital services are considered more vulnerable, while technology, engineering and expert professions are expected to grow.
Unless the action was taken, Tuc warned that Britain face the risk of “sleepwalry” a labor market that is reshaped by technology but deprived of the guards needed by workers.
Last year, the projections of the Tony Blair Institute estimate that AI could replace millions of jobs in the private sector, but he added that this figure would be balanced with the growth and roles it creates in the technology industry.
Although the final increase in unemployment will be hundreds of thousands of thousands, one million to three million private sector jobs can take place for the next decade.
According to the analysis of the institute, at the summit of deterioration, it would be between 60,000 and 275,000 workplaces each year. However, he described this figure as “relatively modest” compared to an annual average loss of work in the UK in the last decade. More than 34 million people are employed in the UK.
Sir Keir Starmer announced a 50 -point plan for AI in the UK at the beginning of the year and said at that time: “If our economy is to grow and our people will develop, I believe that we should fully embrace our role as a rebel in this revolution.”
The Prime Minister added: “Advances in artificial intelligence will define the next decade. These will bring extraordinary opportunities. However, these opportunities will only be available for countries and companies that can learn how AI will work for themselves.
“Then our choice is not whether the AI revolution has. This came out of us. We should decide whether we want to wait for this revolution and wait for passively to sit and shape us.”
