The increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace is leading to job displacement in roles involving repetitive tasks and data analysis, while jobs requiring human interaction and complex problem-solving are considered more resilient.
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Jobs report shows some job games in
industries like healthcare, hospitality,
and leisure. But concerns are growing
about AI replacing some human workers.
Major companies like Microsoft, Walmart,
and Business Insider are laying off
employees amid the rise of artificial
intelligence in the workplace. And
business reporter at Axios, Nathan Bowie
is here for more on that. Nathan, thanks
so much for coming on. You know, our
team has tracked down some spikes in AI
related questions being asked on search
engines. And so we wanted to bring you
on to get your take and to be able to
give responses to some of that. One of
the big questions is what jobs you think
will be first to go and what layoffs
you've seen so far because of AI. Well,
just this week, for example, Proctor and
Gamble saying that it'll cut up to 7,000
jobs. Although they did not use the word
AI, they used the word digit
digitization and automation. So I think
that sounds like AI because the
positions that are at most risk are
going to be positions that involve a lot
of repeatable actions, data entry, data
analysis, anything that requires you to
sort through all sorts of documents at
scale. That's something that AI can do
really easily. Is there a such thing as
an AI proof job?
I think that the most AI proof jobs are
going to be jobs that involve a lot of
human interaction because at the end of
the day AI can't really replace those
interpersonal aspects of humanity. So
just chatting with other people and
trying to coordinate, trying to innovate
together, those are the the actions that
I think AI won't really be able to
replace. But if it simply involves just
uh wrote memorization or uh the sort of
communication that involves um really
basic words and and phrases, those are
the kinds of things that AI can do very
easily. And I want to run run you
through some specific careers, the ones
we got asked about the most just to get
your take on how you think they will be
impacted by AI or if they already have
been. So kind of a speed round here. Accountants
Accountants
definitely at risk. Accountants are in
big trouble because data entry and
analysis is very easily done by AI. Data scientists,
scientists,
same thing. I think in some ways that's
going that'll be a little bit more
insulated if only because if you can do
analysis that the AI can't do, that'll
help preserve your job. But again, the
AI very good at sorting through numbers
and figures. Radiologists,
what's that? Radiologists. Well, I think
that medical physicians are in depends
on the medical position. I think
radiologists are in trouble. Um, but on
the other hand, we already have a
shortage of medical positions, you know,
medical doctors, for example. So, I'd be
really surprised we see an uptick in
unemployment in the healthcare sector.
But I do think the AI is is coming for
some medical jobs. This is a big one.
What about digital marketers?
Yeah, I think that it probably depends
on what kind of digital marketing you
do, but doing, but if you are doing the
kind of marketing that simply involves
very basic creation of advertisements,
that's something that the AI can do
because AI is really good at creating
visuals now. And so I think if there if
that's all you do, uh you're going to
have to find a way to distinguish
yourself. And what about graphic designers?
designers?
Another problem there because uh you
know, creating visuals, creating charts,
uh is something that AI can do really
well. for example, you can just feed
into it a datab database and say,
"Please, you know, create a chart based
on this." And it can do that pretty
well. Get ahead of this. So many people
left other jobs and careers that seem to
be floundering to learn things like
coding. That was the job of the future.
Right now they're hearing they're going
to be replaced by AI. So what skills
should people be learning now to try to
get ahead of this? I think it's a really
good point. You know, there were was a
time when it felt like being a software
coder was an insta job and now we're
hearing that maybe you're at risk from
AI and I think you are. I think the
lesson here is that you don't really
want to go into college or you know your
master's degree and to learn a very
specific skill because that could become
outdated quickly. What you want to do is
to learn how to learn, which means
essentially you'll be adaptable no
matter where the economy goes because
you will be able to uh change yourself
and and adapt to whatever happens in the
future and you'll be able to learn the
skills that'll keep you safe from losing
your job to AI. Axio business reporter
Nathan Bowie. Nathan, thanks for coming
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