Artificial intelligence and computers have displaced more human employment in recent years because of enormous improvements in their performance and capabilities. Hence, several people expressed their concerns about robots taking over human jobs. However, a researcher mentioned there is no need for concern over a possible takeover.
85 million jobs may be displaced by the shift in labor between humans and machines by 2025, while 97 million new roles may emerge, as per World Economics.
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BuiltIn said AI will continue to replace some jobs. Workers anticipated employment disruptions due to AI in various areas, including healthcare, agriculture, and industrial sectors. But it is expected that AI will increase the need for professionals, particularly in robotics and software engineering.
However, the fear of machines snatching our jobs has likely been overstated by spectacular headlines painting a grim picture of the employment future. According to recent research by sociology professor Eric Dahlin of Brigham Young University (BYU), people have been worried about being replaced by automated labor processes since the early 1800s, according to ScienceDaily.
He pointed out that just because people can use technology for something doesn't mean it will be.
According to Dahlin, these findings corroborate past studies that found robots are not displacing humans as jobs. Instead, businesses are combining human and robotic work to raise the value of human labor.
"Overall, our perceptions of robots taking over is greatly exaggerated," said Dahlin in a statement. "Those who hadn't lost jobs overestimated by about double, and those who had lost jobs overestimated by about three times," he added.
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No Need To Worry About Robots!
Dahlin emphasized that there is no need for concern over a possible robot takeover. In other words, this is not a Black Mirror episode.
According to Dahlin's research, even when it's not true, people frequently overestimate the rate at which robots are replacing people in the workforce.
According to a recent study published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, just 14% of workers claim to have had their job replaced by a robot.
However, those who have experienced a job loss caused by a robot tend to overstate the effect of robots replacing humans in labor by around three.
To better understand the connection between job loss and robotics, Dahlin polled over 2,000 people on their views on the replacement of human labor by robots.
In the first question, respondents were tasked with estimating the percentage of workers whose employers have replaced jobs with robots. The following query was if a robot had ever replaced its human boss.
47% of all vocations have been mechanized, according to the 14% of workers whose employers have been automated. Similarly, even those who had not directly experienced job loss thought robots had replaced 29% of employment.
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