AI will totally change the job market but only a certain type of person will find it harder to get work, expert reveals
AN artificial intelligence expert has told The U.S. Sun how AI is set to change the job market but not everyone needs to worry.
AI expert and CEO of Carruthers and Jackson Caroline Carruthers explained how the job market is about to transform.
She told us: "It will completely transform the jobs market, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be harder to get a job.
"Like any new technology, AI will create a whole range of new jobs we previously hadn’t thought about."
Although AI is set to create new jobs, there are concerns it could take away other roles.
Carruthers doesn't think people need to be concerned unless they're unwilling to embrace the new technology.
The expert told The U.S. Sun: "The only people who will find it harder to get a job will be those who are not willing to embrace AI as a tool."
It's hoped that AI will assist humans with jobs, rather than replace them.
When used well, it could free up time by doing mundane and simple tasks.
Carruthers also provided some tips when it comes to embracing AI at work.
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She said: "Like any new tool, the people who have gone out of their way to learn how to use it are the ones who get the interesting jobs off the back of it.
"That doesn’t necessarily mean becoming an expert in AI coding or anything too technical.
"Getting ahead in the modern job market can come down to things as basic as learning how to create prompts for generative AI or understanding what AI can do in your specific sector."
According to the McKinsey Global Institute , around 30 percent of work activities could end up being automated by AI.
That report also suggested that five percent of entire occupations could be lost to AI altogether.
Carruthers thinks AI won't take jobs but it will change how we think about them.
She added: "A good parallel is the impact machinery had on the manufacture of cloth during the Industrial Revolution; machines meant that looms were no longer used for mass market fabric production, being replaced by power looms, but people were still employed to operate the machinery, and a new market was created where a premium would now be paid for ‘artisanal’ fabrics created using the old looming method.
"Just like machinery, AI won’t totally replace a sector or a line of work, but it will transform them and create different opportunities."