Working with artificial intelligence will be as “inexhaustible” as we work with the internet – and employees need to equip themselves with the skills for this new future.
ie according to Microsoft’s new Work Trend Index reportWhich surveyed 31,000 people in 31 markets between February and March 2023.
chatbot chatgpt In recent months, generative AI technologies and large tech firms such as Google And Microsoft seen since Infuse AI into their business.
Microsoft’s $13 billion investment At startup, OpenAI has a bing search revampedabout which the company said that it uses a large language model”.more powerful than chatgpt,
However, generative AI’s ability to create text, images and other content in response to human input – new fears of jobs being replaced by the technology have emerged.
Recent Goldman Sachs report 300 million jobs added worldwide AI and automation stand to impact roles such as office and administrative support.
Speaking to CNBC Make It in a virtual interview, Colette Stollbaumer, general manager of Microsoft 365 and “future of work,” said Microsoft is “incredibly optimistic” about how AI could change work for the better.
Like… any huge technological change, whether it’s the PC shift or the Internet, there’s always a period of time with technology diffusion where new jobs are created.
Colette Stallbaumer
Microsoft
“Just like that… any large-scale technology shift, whether it’s the PC shift or the Internet, there’s always a period of time with technology diffusion where new job creation takes place,” he said.
“We truly believe that AI will create more jobs than it will replace.”
AI skill sets leaders think employees will need
According to Microsoft, 82% of leaders globally and 85% of leaders in Asia Pacific said that employees would New skills are needed in an “AI-powered future”.
The report found that the top three skills leaders consider essential are analytical judgement, flexibility and emotional intelligence.
these are the skills that “New Core Competencies,” Not just for technical roles or AI specialists, added Microsoft.
You still have to use those judgment skills when thinking about when to use AI and making those calls – that’s where human agency comes into it.
Colette Stallbaumer
Microsoft
“The human is always in control and … with AI generated feedback, you have a moment of, ‘Do I want to keep this content? Do I want to modify it? Do I want to discard it?’
“You still have to use those judgment skills when thinking about using AI and making those calls – that’s where human agency comes into it.”
“Emotional intelligence is also important to help determine when to leverage AI capability rather than human capability,” Microsoft said.
Top skills leaders believe are essential for the future
- analytical judgment
- FLEXIBILITY
- emotional intelligence
- intellectual curiosity
- detecting and handling bias
- AI delegation (signal)
Responding to questions from CNBC Make It, LinkedIn said the skills needed in the job market today are “changing rapidly” and much of it is driven by AI.
,[This] Underlines the need for companies to focus on upskilling and re-skilling their employees and for professionals to have a growth mindset.”
According to LinkedIn, the five fastest growing AI-related skills in 2022 were: question answering, classification, recommendation systems, computer vision, and natural language processing.
Demand for AI jobs still exceeds supply
LinkedIn said AI has seen rapid growth in the labor market – in APAC, the region was expected to see higher growth in AI talent recruitment in 2022 “than overall hiring”.
For example, the share of AI talent across Asia is expected to grow at an exponential rate between 2016 and 2022 – 565% for Singapore, 527% for Australia and 487% for India.
The introduction of generative AI is “already starting to reshape the labor market,” said Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn’s chief economist, although demand still exceeds supply.
“While it’s early days, this change will expand opportunities, create new roles and increase productivity.”
According to job portal Indeed, interest in AI jobs in Singapore has grown by 148.6% over the past five years, while the number of such job postings has lagged behind, growing only 95% over the same period.
“Asia has emerged as a hub for the development, research and commercialization of AI because of its huge potential to enhance returns,” said Karthik Sudhakar, senior manager, international strategy and operations, Indeed.
“Japan and South Korea, two of the leading tech countries in Asia, have some of the highest number of AI patent filings in the world.”
In Singapore, AI-related roles pay “well above the average monthly salary” of $3,800, Indeed said. For example, machine learning engineers and data engineers are paid an average of $5,800 and $6,100.
While remuneration remains a factor in job decisions, LinkedIn attributed the increased interest in AI-related skills and jobs to “staying ahead of the curve” in an uncertain environment.
“We’re seeing professionals show more agency by taking control of their careers and using skills as building blocks to design their careers,” said Pooja Chhabria, career expert at LinkedIn.
“They are embracing skills over degrees as a way to chart new career paths as more organizations are now adopting a skills-first hiring approach.”
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