Artificial intelligence is transforming the world of work in an irreversible way. While some see a threat, others see opportunity. But what does this really mean this revolution for workers, businesses, and society?
Introduction: The Quiet Revolution of the Work
Speaking of work, today is also a talk about artificial intelligence. The technology is redefining in-depth what it means to “work”, one who works, and especially how. It is not only of automation mechanics, but a cultural transformation and organization that involves all sectors, from transport to healthcare, finance to the school.
As the AI Is Already Changing the Work
The New Skills Emerging
The AI offers powerful tools. It can analyze large volumes of data, recognize patterns, optimize processes, create content, make decisions quickly. In many companies it is already a reality: chatbot to manage the customer service, the algorithms that select candidates for recruitment, software predictive guiding business strategies Future of Jobs Report 2025: The jobs of the future – and the skills you need to get them | World Economic Forum.
All of this translates into:
- Increased operational efficiency
- Reduction of the process costs
- New possibilities of innovation
- The birth of professional figures unpublished: data scientist, analysts, ethical, designers of artificial intelligence
The Sectors Most Affected by the Transformation
As we said in the article “Work 4.0: AI and the Revolution Professional“, many sectors are experiencing profound changes:
HealthSystems for medical records, automatic, leaving it to the doctors more time to the human relationship with the patients.
Publishing: Artificial intelligence to generate drafts of content, then edited and customized by the editors experts.
Manufacturing: Robot and automation that may move 5 million more jobs than they create Future of Jobs Report 2025: These are the fastest-growing and declining jobs | World Economic Forum.
Risks: Which Jobs Are at Risk
Automation and Job Loss
But every revolution brings with it the tension. The AI can replace human skills, and in some cases already do that. Some administrative roles, repetitive, analytical, are most susceptible to automation Future of Jobs Report 2025: These are the fastest-growing and declining jobs | World Economic Forum.
According to the Future of Jobs Report 2025 of the World Economic Forumworkers can expect that 39% of their current skills to be transformed or become obsolete in the period 2025-2030.
The Most Vulnerable
It's not only the loss of jobs, but also a redefinition of the skills required. Those who are left out from this transition is likely to be excluded from the labour market is increasingly competitive.
The roles most at risk include:
- Cashiers and clerks ticket
- Administrative assistants
- Print operators
- Accountants and auditors
The Opportunity: the New Jobs and Skills
The Jobs of the Future
A research of the MIT CSAIL he revealed that currently only 23% of the wages paid for tasks that involve vision are economically sustainable for the automation, suggesting that the replacement of human labor with the AI will be more gradual than is often assumed.
The professionals required will be:
- Specialists in big data
- Engineers fintech
- Specialists of AI and machine learning
- Software developers and applications
- Specialists of management of safety
Key Skills for the Future
Harvard Business Review highlights three types of essential skills:
- Technical expertise TO: Deploy and maintenance of models, AI/ML, data science, advanced integration of systems
- Cooperation skills for Human-AI: Interpretation of the output TO the supervision of the systems, training, and refining THE
- Skills Only Human: Social interaction, complex reasoning, ethics, creative problem-solving
The Redevelopment: An Urgent Need
The Role of the company
The theme of the retraining, therefore, becomes central. Companies must invest in training, but also the institutions must accompany the change with active policies, upgrade paths, accessible, and support to the most vulnerable.
Our depth “As the AI can automate your daily workflow” show concrete examples of the productive integration of AI into existing processes.
The Importance of Public Policies
The risk, as highlighted by the World Economic Forum, is that the digital opportunity in the form of social inequalities more and more deep.
Experts MIT Technology Review stress as well as anxiety for the technological unemployment is not new, but has been cyclical since the Industrial Revolution.
Strategies for Navigating Change
For Employees
The biggest challenge for the powers. In the coming decades, millions of workers may need to not only improve their skills, but to be completely brainwashed.
Key strategies:
- Investment in continuous training
- The development of transversal skills
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Collaboration with THE systems and
For Companies
As pointed out in the article on “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence“ serves a culture of innovation that puts at the centre the ethics, dignity and sustainability.
The challenge is knowing how to integrate technology into the work without disumanizzarlo. Make the AI a tool, not a substitute. A lever to enhance the people, not delete them.
The Future: To Work in a Hybrid
The Collaborative Human-Machine
However, there are also positive signs. Some companies are using AI to dismiss, but to redistribute the work: free up time from repetitive tasks to be assigned to tasks that are more creative, relational, and decision-making.
Digital Inclusion As A Priority
The analysis on “AI and Digital Inclusion” he deals with the crucial issue of the accessibility of technology, the fundamental element to ensure that the opportunities of AI is really for everyone.
Conclusions: A Choice of Civilization
The future of work will be hybrid. The human and the artificial, together. Those that are able to adapt, learn, cooperate with the machines, you will have in front of him new possibilities. But because these opportunities are really for everybody, serves a forward-looking vision.
The AI is not a condemnation, but a choice. And as each choice brings responsibility. It's up to us to decide if we want a world where the only work is efficiency, or one in which technology helps us work better, without forgetting who we are.
FAQ: The Most frequently Asked Questions about IA and Work
The artificial intelligence will eventually replace the human workforce?
No, the AI will eventually replace the human workforce. According to research from MIT, and currently, only 23% of the tasks involving visual skills are economically sustainable for the automation. The AI will tend rather to transform the existing jobs and to create new ones.
What are the jobs most at risk of automation?
The most exposed are those that are repetitive and administrative: cashiers, clerks, ticket office, administrative assistants, print operators, and some accounting functions. However, even these roles will evolve, rather than disappearing completely.
How can I prepare myself in the future of work with AI?
Invest in continuous training, develops transferable skills such as critical thinking and creativity, learn to work with AI systems, and maintain flexibility and adaptability. The skills only human will become more and more precious.
What new jobs will create artificial intelligence?
The IA will create roles such as specialists in big data, engineers fintech, specialists of AI and machine learning, supervisors, robotic systems, analysts ethical AI and designers of interactions human-machine.
Companies have responsibilities in the redevelopment of the employees?
Yes, companies have a crucial role in supporting the transition of its employees through training, retraining and upgrading of skills. This investment is essential to maintain competitiveness and social responsibility.