Which jobs are threatened by AI

Artificial intelligence is on the rise – and will also change the everyday working lives of many people. Studies have investigated which jobs are threatened. An overview.

In accounting requirements, at least half of the tasks could be done much faster with AI technology.
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Artificial intelligence tools like the text robot ChatGPT are currently shaking up the high-tech industry. Google’s dominance in internet search is being seriously challenged for the first time by new AI software.

Artificial intelligence will also comprehensively change the everyday working lives of many people. This is the result of two studies that look at the consequences of the AI revolution on the world of work.

Which jobs are most threatened by ChatGPT:
The first study comes from the ChatGPT makers themselves: Researchers from the start-up company OpenAI teamed up with scientists from the University of Pennsylvania to find out which jobs are most affected by ChatGPT. According to the study, people in these jobs should be prepared for AI to take over at least some of their previous tasks:

• Accountants
• Mathematicians
• Programmers
• Interpreters
• Writers
• Journalists

Although AI systems currently still often “hallucinate” incorrect facts in their answers, they are also now producing remarkable results in tasks such as translation, classification, creative writing and computer code generation.

Researchers expect most jobs to be transformed in some way by AI language models. About 80 per cent of workers in the US are in occupations where at least one task can be done faster by generative AI, they say.

But there are also occupations where AI will play only a minor role. These include:

Cooks
Car mechanics
Jobs in oil and gas extraction
Jobs in forestry and agriculture
The answers provided by the chatbot ChatGPT could simplify and completely change our lives.

Goldman Sachs estimates that approx:

Two-thirds of current jobs are exposed to some degree of AI automation.
Up to a quarter of current work will be replaced by generative AI; and
Extrapolating our estimates to the whole world, generative AI could expose the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs to automation.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) offers many opportunities, but also poses risks. The Ethics Council calls for regulation of the rapidly developing technology.

The AI systems are still far away from a real understanding of the content of the topics. Nevertheless, the consequences for everyday working life are already enormous.

Artificial intelligences can not only calculate better and vacuum. They are becoming more and more a part of our lives. Are they competition for humans?

Many expectations of AI seem exaggerated to me and also unrealistic with regard to its energy consumption.

The successful AI applications were based on so-called deep learning, i.e. training with huge amounts of data. “And these devour vast amounts of energy.” A broad introduction would therefore be fatal for the climate and the achievement of climate goals.

Data protection with AI: Researcher advises caution
Meinel also sees enormous challenges in the area of data protection.

Anyone who tries out the latest artificial intelligence applications on the internet should be careful about disclosing sensitive personal data.

Anyone who uploads internal financial data, for example, so that it can be automatically used to produce a presentation, should know that this may also reveal business secrets.

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