Human-AI Collaboration: Impact of AI Adoption on Employment Trends

Human-AI Collaboration: Impact of AI Adoption on Employment Trends Name Institution Date Human-AI Collaboration: Impact of AI Adoption on Employment Trends Technology comes along to make work easier for individuals. However, as technology develops and becomes better, there is increasing fear among individuals that it will replace the work that individuals did and replace them. For example, in the place of bank tellers, automated teller machines (ATMs) are serving customers. The result is that individuals who previously worked as tellers in these banks lose their jobs. However, as much as artificial intelligence (AI) is resulting in the loss of jobs in some sectors, it is creating jobs that are different from the traditional jobs that individuals undertake. Therefore, AI adoption is not eliminating people's jobs but shifting the employment course among individuals, as seen in this report. Daniel Susskind explains how AI is shifting employment trends while giving a speech about the myths concerning the future of work. He says, "Yes, machines displace human beings from particular tasks, but they don’t just substitute for human beings. They also complement them in other tasks” (Susskind, 2017, 00:58-01:06). In this quote, Susskind demystifies the idea that technology takes away individual's jobs. He does not deny that this is true to some extent, as there are jobs that are replaced by machines. However, he presents an interesting fact: machines complement the tasks they do not replace. Throughout the speech, he explains how AI has widened the scope of available jobs, such that individuals who need to survive the job market need to diversify rather than stick to the traditional t...