AI Job Panic? A New Study Says Most Jobs Are Safe (For Now)
- A major study from the MIT CSAIL lab found that the vast majority of jobs previously identified as “exposed” to AI are not yet economically practical to automate.
- The high cost of building and deploying reliable AI systems makes human workers a better value for most tasks.
- The study suggests AI will augment jobs rather than replace them in the immediate future.
Headlines have been filled with doom about AI taking all our jobs. But this MIT research offers a more nuanced view. It found that while AI can technically perform tasks related to many jobs—like a baker or a marketing manager—it’s often too expensive and error-prone for companies to make the switch.
The conclusion is that the AI job takeover will be slower and more complex than many fear.
In the short term, the biggest impact will be on the tasks within a job, not the job itself, allowing workers to focus on more creative and complex problems.
Read the Report by MIT News – “Study: Most workers don’t think AI will eliminate their job, but they do want training“, Published: January 22, 2024
