With the flood of data, people are dedicating an increasing amount of their time to distinguish signal from noise, often at the cost of their time and energy. According to the 2023 Work Trend Index annual report, 64% of people struggle with having the time and energy to do their jobs. Moreover, 70% of individuals express their desire to delegate tasks to AI in order to alleviate their workloads (Microsoft, 2023). It suggests that people are more enthusiastic about AI assisting them rather than being concerned about AI replacing them.
As AI and automation continue to evolve, they will not only relieve the burden but also unleash creativity and enhance productivity for everyone. Drawing from my experience working at a previous company, it was challenging to find someone who wasn’t utilizing generative AI tools like Chat GPT. I also had the opportunity to use AI presentation tools, and it was quite impressive how they generate presentation slides with various themes, including go-to-market strategies, sales proposals, training materials, and more. Everything was completed in less than a couple of minutes, and all I had to do was answer the initial question, which was about the type of presentation I wanted to create.
As I have started to concern myself about the increasing prevalence of job displacement in today’s world, I asked Chat GPT how to mitigate the risk of displacement, or simply put, how to survive in the age of AI.
This is what I got from Chat GPT.
What do you think about the comment from Chat GPT?
I believe continuous learning is definitely the most crucial comment as the world is changing so fast. To safeguard ourselves from the risk of being replaced by AI, we should not stop learning new skills and stay relevant.
Source
Plus AI. (2023). Free market research report from plus. Free market research report from Plus. https://www.plusdocs.com/use-cases/market-research-report
Microsoft. (2023). Will ai fix work?. Work Trend Index. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/will-ai-fix-work
I do agree with the interesting points you wrote in your blog about job replacement regarding AI. Especially the big fear of AI, that it will eventually replace the jobs of people. If you as a person stay relevant enough and keep adapting your skills to this growing and adaptable world, you would not get replaced by AI, you could even utilize AI better with the new right skills. While I do think that being flexible in your career choices is a good thing, I also think that we need people that are specializes instead of having only all-rounders
Beautifully captured! There is definitely an inherent risk that generative AI is the next big thing and has the potential to replace human labor. However, I still feel that human touch in jobs is of utmost importance and we cannot fully rely on machines. In industries like fashion designing, consulting or investment banking; maintaining client relationships is very significant, and these build over years. While AI can surely help us in the starting point and navigating, we ultimately have to tread through the path ourselves as we also can’t fully rely on the accuracy. For instance, a consultant with years of experience cannot possibly rely on chatgpt’s solutions more than his own credibility and experience. Hence, I think there is still a long way to go before AI eats up our jobs, but nonetheless we need to keep updating and improving ourselves.