AI Forecasted to Overtake Programming and Corporate Jobs

With the shift to online-only environments and economic turbulence, many businesses are looking to streamline operations and the development of technology is accelerating. Due to this technological boom and the increased unemployment rate, many are questioning, “will robots replace workers?”

Many corporations are continuing to implement robots in production lines, trucking and logistics jobs, and even grocery store checkouts; however, this threat goes beyond these industries, with corporate and programming jobs now at risk. In a recent interview on “Yang Speaks” (a podcast of the former 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, Peter Yang), Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, warns that artificial intelligence (AI) can threaten entry-level programming jobs, stating, “A lot of the goals of machine learning and deep learning is to write the software itself over time so a lot of entry-level programming jobs will just not be as relevant anymore.”

This statement has brought up the overall debate on humans vs. robots, and whether AI will replace workers and lead to a higher unemployment rate or help workers become more productive in the long run.

“Job replacement […] is not a new phenomenon. The loss of jobs caused by technological change is termed ‘technological unemployment’,” explains Prof. Weiyu Wang and Prof. Keng Siau, from Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, in the Journal of Database Management (JDM) (IGI Global). “Some jobs, that have disappeared as technology has advanced, include switchboard operators, elevator operators, and typists. The disappearance of obsolete jobs that have been replaced by technologies is referred to as ‘technological job obliteration,’ each time an industrial revolution has occurred, people have been concerned about technological unemployment and technological job obliteration.”

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Although this threat has been occurring after each industrial revolution, recently the threat of technology displacing workers has mostly been within the manufacturing industry and now the power of AI has upended nearly every industry. Through AI, cloud computing, big data, and robotics, machines are now able to predict, perform, analyze, and measure various outcomes and tasks that the average employee does during their day-to-day. AI and technology can write computer scripts, predict diseases and deliver personalize healthcare plans, optimize legal research, preform customer services through chatbots, and more. Additionally, regarding COVID-19, they are providing a safer and more productive way to continue operations without health risks and the added benefit of streamlining finances through cutting salaries and employee benefits.

In a recent Brookings Institute report, they report that “better-educated, better-paid workers (along with manufacturing and production workers) will be the most affected by the new AI technologies, with some exceptions.” They concluded that AI will greatly impact:

• Workers with graduate or professional degrees (they will be four times more exposed to AI during their employment than those with high school degrees)
• Nearly every occupational group, including but not limited to agriculture, engineering, science, business, management, healthcare, legal, education, and administration
• White and Asian men, as they are more represented in both analytic-technical and professional roles Bigger, higher-tech areas and communities

Although AI is growing in its capabilities, many are arguing that AI is leading the way to create more jobs and a more capable and intelligent society overall. Prof. Mohsen Attaran, California State University, Bakersfield, USA, et. al., in the International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS) (IGI Global), argue that technology within the workplace should be embraced as it enhances collaboration and leads to increased productivity.

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Through adopting technology into the workplace, it provides benefits for the employee and the business alike, including:

Additionally, through harnessing technology (AI specifically), it can assist in streamlining repetitive tasks, ensure that data is correctly reported and stored, as well as be implemented into systems to enhance workers’ applications and programs. It can open time for workers to focus their energies on higher-level thought or problem solving and lead to bigger and better breakthroughs and efficiencies.

In a recent Wired opinion article written by Kevin Scott, the CTO and executive vice president of AI and research at Microsoft, he expresses how he has seen new manufacturing jobs being created due to AI, robotics, and advanced automation. The adoption of AI is now allowing smaller companies to become more competitive with fewer resources and have the ability to create more jobs and higher-paying jobs.

Although this debate will continue on whether AI will replace workers, over the coming years it will undoubtedly change the way society interacts and works. Much like any new technology or advancement, the fear of the “unknown” will prevail and humans will always question what they do not understand or cannot innately control. However, it is important to remember that humans do have innate qualities that cannot be replicated by robotics or AI, and it is important in many professions to have “interpersonal” skills and communication.

Understanding that this topic will continue to evolve and the advancements in AI will radically shift the workplace, the latest research on AI, business intelligence, data science, and knowledge management is featured in the Journal of Database Management (JDM), edited by Prof. Keng Siau (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA). This journal is indexed in Web of Science-Science Citation Index, Scopus, noted as an A-journal in ABDC Journal Quality List, and other notable indices, as it publishes the latest, emerging research on all aspects of database management, systems analysis and design, and software engineering.

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