AI in the workplace: Jobs augmentation or labour displacement?


Following the expansion and implementation of AI, a shift in the workplace is underway. Automation development is gaining popularity (some say hyped attention) in the discussion around the future of work. Visibly, it is leading to changes in job conditions and opportunities. So much so that researchers at OpenAI in March suggested that 80% of workers could be impacted by introducing some form of artificial intelligence. To be clear, this means more than just the loss of workplaces. The "jobs exposure" mentioned by the researchers includes, in fact, both labour-augmentation and labour-displacing effects. As for past...