AI and Job Displacement: What’s Really Happening? - Tan Siok Siok

"I think displacement from jobs is very real. One of the things that we advocate for in the book is to make a shift from human versus AI to a human with AI. Because most of the news stories that you hear or read about is really about how, oh, AI is so much better than humans at chess, at Go, they score higher in the law exam, the bar exam, etc. But I think we're at a cycle when global economy is on the downturn, right? So we're seeing the cost cutting and the displacement. With time, I think with upturn, as people realize, actually, they can create greater value with AI, instead of being replaced by AI. I think that we're going to see new job titles like image prompt engineering, and many other possibilities. We need to allow time for things to play out ..."

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[ricklee]

Job displacement is real and I think the clerical work will go first before the blue collar workers via robotics