Changes brought by AI in the productive sectors

Research literature identifies a range of implications of AI for skills needs (McKinsey, 2018):

– Demand for advanced technological skills such as programming will grow rapidly. There is also a lack of sufficient understanding of technologies to lead the organization through the adoption of automation and AI.

– Increasing demand for key skills and competencies: social, emotional, and higher cognitive skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, and complex information processing, basic digital skills.

– Demand for physical and manual skills will decline but it still will remain the single largest category of workforce skills in 2030 in many countries.

– There are expected declines in the need for basic cognitive skills, particularly the basic data input and processing skills used by data entry clerks and typists and in a range of back-office functions.

Resources

VIDEO: Bill Gates on the impact of AI on the job market

• Description: FOX Business Network interview
• Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl5ggAJidVQ 
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VIDEO: The future of work: is your job safe?

• Description: A report by “The Economist”
• Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5l_vNEcFWg 
• [ENG]

PODCAST: The role of technology in the future of work.

• Description: Emerald podcast [ENG]
• Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-163454702-828217667/fow-podcast-ep3-the-role-of
• [ENG]

VIDEO: The Future of Your Job in the Age of AI | Robots & Us

• Description: A report by “WIRED”
• Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMIsbl3DIL8 
• [ENG]