The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said that more than a quarter of jobs in its member countries rely on skills that could be easily automated as Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies keep advancing.
The organization voiced fears that the increasing automation could lead to loss of jobs for human workers, with Eastern European countries being the most exposed to this danger.
In its 2023 Employment Outlook report published on Tuesday, the organization suggested that AI so far has not had a significant impact on jobs, but that could be due to the AI revolution being in its early stages.
A survey carried out last year by the OECD revealed that three in five workers fear that they could lose their jobs to AI in the next 10 years, but that number could be up due to the rise of generative AI technologies in the past year.
Over the past year, the debate around AI ethics and whether or not it will replace humans in the workforce has taken hold in the public space.
With the rise of services like Midjourney, ChatGPT, or Google Bard, white collar workers over the world have become anxious over the possibility of job loss. This has become exacerbated as companies have announced their intentions to integrate AI solutions into their workflow.
On the other hand, many have argued that rather than replacing workers, AI will merely serve to make their jobs more efficient and easier, urging workers to adapt AI tools instead of rejecting them.
