INTRODUCTION
Did you ever imagine a world where robots could deliver your food? [AB1] And assignments easily curated by AI platforms in just a few minutes? Or driverless cars? From customer service to computer coding, artificial intelligence has impacted multiple industries. With these adjustments, we’re noticing an increased fear of losing our jobs.
WHAT IS AI?
Artificial intelligence is a field that combines computer science and robust datasets to enable problem-solving. It also encompasses machine learning and deep learning sub-fields, frequently mentioned in conjunction with artificial intelligence.
Speech recognition, customer service, computer vision, recommendation engines, automated stock trading, etc., are a few artificial intelligence applications.
JOB LANDSCAPE:
“Don’t fear AI. It will lead to long-term job growth”, says World Economic Forum.
The COVID-19 pandemic has expedited technological development and the automation of many everyday jobs, from robots that deliver parcels to contactless cashiers. Many people worry that artificial intelligence (AI) could significantly increase automation and eliminate jobs in the following decades.
AI may not significantly increase unemployment even though the Fourth Industrial Revolution technology led by it will continue to alter the world and how people live and work dramatically. Conversely, using AI will result in more job creation than automation.
According to the World Economic Forum, by 2025, new jobs will emerge, and others will be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and machines, affecting the current global workforce. Several monotonous and occasionally dangerous tasks, including data input and assembly line production, will be automated by AI. In many other occupations, technology will alter the nature of work by enabling workers to concentrate on higher-value, higher-touch tasks that frequently need human contact. Businesses and individuals with more time to be innovative, strategic, and entrepreneurial will gain from these newly improved positions.
There could be an increased demand for the following jobs:
- Data Analysts and scientists
- AI and ML Learning Specialists
- Big Data Specialists
- Digital marketing and strategy specialists
- Process Automation Specialists
- Business Development Professionals
- Digital Transformation Specialists
- Information Security Analysts
- Software and Applications Developers
- Internet of Things Specialists
While some areas might see a boom of job opportunities, some of the following areas might see the opposite phenomenon:
- Data Entry Clerks
- Administrative and Executive Sec
- Accountants and auditors
- Assembly workers and factory workers
- Business services and Admin. Management
- Mechanics and machine repairers
- Material recording and stock keeping clerks
EXAMPLE
ChatGPT
A natural language processing (NLP) AI, like ChatGPT, uses deep learning to comprehend and communicate with human text. It applies natural language generation (NLG) to generate writing and information summaries and employs natural language understanding (NLU) to ascertain a user’s purpose by dissecting phrase components.
It is an example of narrow artificial intelligence, a subset of AI that only works in a single application and accomplishes tasks. While general AI would self-learn and have a wider variety of cognitive abilities, narrow AI has a set domain model provided by its creator.
The features of ChatGPT go beyond only assisting children with their homework and creating silly poetry. AI is being used in a variety of ways that have the potential to affect many different industries profoundly.
Paul Buccheit, the creator of Gmail, recently shared his thoughts on the future of Google and the potential for disruption brought on by the emergence of new automated systems, such as ChatGPT, which can generate text with a high degree of accuracy. The success of OpenAI’s smart chatbot, ChatGPT has sounded alarm bells for Google. The rise of automated systems like ChatGPT may threaten Google’s hegemony in the tech sector, which it has long dominated. A high level of accuracy can be achieved when text is generated using ChatGPT, a system for natural language processing. It can create unique content on any topic and may even be used to write speeches, emails, and other types of written communication. With the help of ChatGPT, programmers may make unique apps that respond to user input in a natural language, giving users a more intuitive way to interact with the system.
BuzzFeed made news when it revealed it would improve its online quizzes and tailor-written material using AI developed by ChatGPT’s developer, OpenAI. Many tests with Valentine’s Day themes and titles like “This AI Quiz Will Write A Rom-Com About You In, Like, Less Than 30 Seconds” marked the site’s premiere of its first AI-assisted material.
Some businesses, including McDonald’s and Chipotle, have experimented with AI robots in their drive-throughs.
These examples imply that, even if AI still needs to be sufficiently developed to accurately mimic a human customer service representative, AI may eventually replace most people in some industries. Many individuals are curious about what jobs may be impacted by the introduction of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. While artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to streamline and increase the efficiency of many tasks, some advancements might eliminate the need for particular jobs.
Conclusion
While a fraction of the world still feels skeptical about artificial intelligence, the other half has accepted it as the new normal. It is all ready to reskill and upskill for their careers to skyrocket in the AI age. Irrespective of opinions, the world is entering the future with AI-related technologies and jobs. With the launch of controversial AI platforms like ChatGPT, the answer to the question, “Can AI replace humans?” is still waiting to be answered.
REFERENCES
https://gizmodo.com/chat-gpt-openai-ai-finance-ai-everything-we-know-1850018307
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/dont-fear-ai-it-will-lead-to-long-term-job-growth/https://www.ibm.com/in-en/topics/artificial-intelligence
