The future of work in the age of artificial intelligence

Mariana Costa Checa

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If you've read some of the global headlines over the past few weeks, this Labor Day you're probably wondering if
your job is still relevant and at what point it will be automated by generative artificial intelligence (GAI). Will we
celebrate machines instead of humans every May 1 in some not-so-distant future? Nothing is impossible to imagine
in this changing world, but I am inclined to think we will have a shared celebration.
Technology has been the foundation of progress for the last few centuries and many times before we have felt that
we would become irrelevant as a species because of the advances that humanity itself brought. From the
agricultural economy to the industrial revolution and then to the knowledge economy. Time and again we have
reinvented ourselves. Technology has been opening up worlds unimaginable a few decades ago, creating new
needs and jobs. In fact, according to a study cited by Goldman Sachs, 60% of workers today are employed in
occupations that did not exist in 1940. I think about my own organization and most of the roles we have today-
JavaScript developers or user experience designers-were nonexistent and unthinkable just 30 years ago.
What makes the age of artificial intelligence different? The speed of change. In a highly interconnected world,
capable of efficiently building on existing knowledge, the pace of progress and adoption of these technologies is
exponentially faster than anything we know.
Of course, this artificial intelligence, capable of generating new content based on the information we provide it (and
all the data from the Internet), will profoundly transform the world of work -it is already doing so. According to the
same Goldman Sachs study, two-thirds of occupations in the United States are exposed to some level of
automation. However, to avoid falling into apocalyptic views of reality, we must understand in detail what automation
means. Will we see hundreds of millions of layoffs as some headlines announce because entire roles will no longer
be needed? Or will technology allow only part of our functions to be automated, freeing up time for higher-value
activities?
No one quite knows what the world will look like after a few years of living with artificial intelligence. What we do
know is that we must prepare ourselves to learn and navigate in a different reality. In my work at Laboratoria we
operate in two areas deeply impacted by this new wave of technologies: education and the software industry. In the
educational world we are already beginning to see infinite uses of ChatGPT to enhance learning and teaching. This
tool can serve the function of a personalized tutor who knows the reality of each student, a teacher's assistant who
helps with the preparation of material for classes, and even a mentor who accompanies you to reflect on your
progress. In the software world, developers today can build applications with the help of an intelligent co-pilot
significantly faster. Does this mean we won't need more software developers? No, but it certainly means that we
need to train them differently, with new skills to build with the support of artificial intelligence.
The race to make this technology part of our daily lives began yesterday. It's overwhelming at times - will we be able
to adapt to the speed at which things are advancing? When I have a little fear about the future that awaits us, it
helps to remember that we have been adapting for hundreds of years and the vast majority of us are still here, still
working. In fact, the unemployment we have today has several causes, but technological progress is certainly not
one of them.
Today we have a unique opportunity to be on the good side of history, the one where we benefit from the progress
of new technologies instead of being left behind by their gaps. However, we need to act proactively to make this

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happen. What can we do? The first thing, at both the individual and corporate level, is to get on board. Let's make an
effort to familiarize ourselves with these tools and start making them part of our daily lives. It's the best way to learn.
Second, today is the best time to value and strengthen what makes us human. Skills such as collaboration, creativity
and curiosity to learn should be at the heart of our schools, universities and workplaces, because they are the
resilience for a future of more accelerated changes than we can imagine.
Finally, governments and civil society cannot be left behind; we need to ensure that the progress that this new era
will bring includes all of us.
*El Comercio opens its pages to the exchange of ideas and reflections. In this plural framework, the newspaper does
not necessarily agree with the opinions of the writers who sign them, although it always respects them.
CREDIT: Mariana Costa Checa

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Materia: Artificial intelligence; Automation; Occupations; Software industry

Término de indexación de Subject: Artificial intelligence Automation Software industry; Corporation: Goldman
negocios: Sachs Group Inc; Industry: 51321 : Software Publishers

Empresa/organización: Nombre: Goldman Sachs Group Inc; NAICS: 523150

Clasificación: 51321: Software Publishers

Título: The future of work in the age of artificial intelligence

Autor: Mariana Costa Checa

Título de publicación: CE Noticias Financieras, English ed.; Miami

Año de publicación: 2023

Fecha de publicación: May 1, 2023

Editorial: ContentEngine LLC, a Florida limited liability company

Lugar de publicación: Miami

País de publicación: US Minor Outlying Islands, Miami

Materia de publicación: Business And Economics

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Idioma de la publicación: English

Tipo de documento: News

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