What happens to workers when the AI revolution pops off? | Sitka Media
The job market is tightening. The economy is stalling. And the AI industrial revolution has arrived.
Will AI take our jobs? Will it even matter in an ‘age of abundance’?
As economies sputter, industries shed jobs, and AI tensions rise, the world stares down an AI industrial revolution: What will happen to young workers in an already brutal job market?
There are many variables at play here, so I examined a few pieces of this puzzle for the publication Sitka Media (which is new, nonpartisan, and entirely reader-funded).
New jobs are no doubt being created by AI, and deadly diseases will surely be cured. Lots of excellent stuff. But the technological transition could be rough on people. Especially among young people who are already living through Sisyphean times.
The Canadian government recently laid out its AI strategy, AI for All, which focuses on pillars like technological and sector growth, as well as worker training.
The problem, of course, is that things could get messy real fast. Hundreds of thousands of young Canadians are already out of work, autonomy is eroding jobs, and the economy is… not so hot.
Plenty more to read in the article, with interesting takes from folks at BCIT, Future Skills Centre, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute ↴