LEADING technology experts have revealed their thoughts on artificial intelligence replacing human jobs and it’s not all bad news.
Although they suspect jobs could change dramatically, there should still be room for humans in the workplace.
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Speaking at NewsCorp’s Women in Tech Conference in New York, technology strategist Elizebeth Varghese said: “I think right now, I do believe that jobs will be transformed.
“I do believe that there will be many more new jobs that are unheard of. I mean we already see that with social media content creators.”
She added: “I do believe the lifecycle of jobs is going to transform and will transform every three months but I do believe there will be jobs for everyone.”
Marta Zaharoff, Chief of Staff at Greek Enterprise was also on the panel.
When asked the same question by The U.S. Sun regarding fears over AI replacing jobs, she shared a similar sentiment.
Zaharoff said: “I think there will undoubtedly be jobs that don’t exist in the future, that people won’t need to do but there also will undoubtedly be new jobs that people will need to do.
“Jobs might get automated away and that’s not something new in the world.”
She added: “Who knows what the new stuff is.” “I think on the soft skills and empathy side of things they can’t compete. They’re far away from competing.”
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Nicole Castillo, VP of Product for News Corp, said those who are creative and empathetic should be okay.
She said: “Creativity and creative fields, those that lean into it are going to be able to really accelerate their opportunities to be creative.”
Castillo added: “I agree that soft skills and the humanity of what it is to be part of a business, part of a team, that’s not going to go away.
“I can’t necessarily go and talk to a robot and get a connection and feel good about my day.
“I could try but it’s probably going to make me feel a little bit empty.”
Ultimately, the panel agreed that AI wasn’t something we should fear and could have a positive impact on the job market.
Castillo concluded: “It’s really exciting. I think we should lean into the excitement of it and be wary though of where there is misuse.”
