Artificial intelligence brings a new labor market

Artificial intelligence brings a new labor market

Reformulate the jobs with the disappearance of automated tasks

   The figures of posts destroyed and reconverted with the arrival of artificial intelligence to the jobs differ according to the studies and the same happens with the date of their disembarkation.

In recent months, numerous reports have quantified the revolution that artificial intelligence will cause in the labor market and also in industry. The World Economic Forum foresees the elimination of 75 million jobs by 2027. For McKinsey Global Insitute, 14% of the workforce worldwide, that is, between 400 and 800 million people will be affected by new technologies .

   However, the destruction of employment is the B face. The friendly face arrives, according to the World Economic Forum, with the creation of 133 million new functions. a study by PWC, which holds that world GDP will grow by 14%, around 15.7 billion dollars, due to the effects of this technology on production and consumption.

Destruction and conversion of current positions and functions performed in most jobs. According to a CompTIA report, in the first semester of 2018 there were 63% job vacancies in new technologies and, especially, in the field of artificial intelligence.

The lack of experience and training is a key aspect to be solved in the coming years, the majority of experts point out. According to KPGM, artificial intelligence will generate hundreds of new jobs, yet to be filled.

The arrival of artificial intelligence will modify the way of working, but for its implementation it is necessary to create a structure that allows an ecosystem for its development. The figure of the architect of artificial intelligence will be one of the positions, according to experts, to cover in the coming years.

Among its functions is to measure the performance and maintain the model of artificial intelligence during its application "The lack of artificial intelligence architects is an important reason why companies can not successfully support initiatives in this field," explain the KPMG analysts.

During the construction, programming and development of these systems it is necessary to monitor each step to avoid making certain errors in the future application of artificial intelligence.

Every system is programmed by a human being with his philias, his ideology and his subjectivity. "Companies may need to create new jobs with the fundamental responsibility of establishing AI frameworks that respect the standards and codes of ethics of the company," they add. The post of artificial intelligence ethics officer will ensure compliance with the company's guidelines and that the values ​​of the company are respected. This will avoid racist, discriminatory or imperfect systems.

Along with these two new positions coexists one that is already part of the most cutting-edge work teams: the software engineer. One of the biggest problems that companies face is obtaining an artificial intelligence system from the pilot phase to implementation. Software engineers have to work with data scientists to bring artificial intelligence into production, combining business acumen with a deep understanding of how artificial intelligence works.

For this, data scientists have to control all the information generated in the company. However, with the increasing amount of data available to companies, there is a shortage of experts with the skills to clean up this data, and then design and apply the appropriate algorithms to obtain valuable information.

Focus on education

Kai-Fu Lee, one of the most important voices in terms of artificial intelligence, mentions that the key is in young people and in their education, because "they will face a working life where 40% of the jobs in the world will disappear".

Lee is committed to a change in education through new artificial intelligence systems in classrooms in order to boost growth in its areas of strength.