61% of employment would be substantially impacted by AI, according to research Google commissioned. 31% of jobs would stay immune to it
Only a small percentage of British occupations could be completely “phased out,” according to Google, with nearly two-thirds of them potentially being “enhanced” by AI.
The company stated that instead of concentrating on the millions of Britons who potentially be able to work more productively with AI technology, attention should be directed on assisting them.
Managing Director of Google UK Debbie Weinstein stated, “These tools are not being used by more than 50% of people in their daily work.” The adoption rate is quite low, and the only way we can fully realise AI’s potential is by empowering people to make use of these technologies and to feel competent and confident using them.
Google commissioned research from the think group Public First, which shows that 61% of British employment would be “radically” transformed by AI, while only 31% will be “insulated” from the technology—that is, have fewer than 25% of their duties potentially automated.
Public First claims that the industries most protected from AI will be social care, transportation, lodging, and food services—all of which depend on human labour to do intricate and varied physical activities.
Few jobs are probably going to be totally “phased out” by AI, according to the think tank’s forecast. Only 4% of jobs are predicted to be lost even in the most affected industries, finance and insurance, with 83% of jobs predicted to be “enhanced.”
The Tony Blair Institute’s most recent research concurs with Public First’s conclusions. The think tank derived its estimates by employing an artificial intelligence (AI) model to categorise more than 17,000 different work task categories according to how much of them could be automated or much reduced in time by generative AI.
In light of the findings, Google is working with two multi-academy trusts, the Community union, and the small-business network Enterprise Nation to figure out how best to use AI technology into standard workplaces so as to augment rather than replace employees’ skills.
Weinstein stated: “It’s difficult to talk about this right now because we don’t know exactly how it will work out. We do know that sitting down with our partners to fully understand the use cases will be the first step. For instance, what particular duties should we concentrate on for each group if we’re dealing with school officials as opposed to classroom teachers?
If you work as a school teacher, formal classroom training or one-on-one coaching may be necessary, but basic email help with ideas for incorporating Gemini into lesson planning may also be provided. There will be numerous pilots with 1,200 participants, each group comprising roughly 100 individuals.
The government is in favour of the trial; Minister of AI Feryal Clark MP said as much, saying that “we must accelerate the adoption of AI in our economy in order to spur growth, transform public services, and open up new job opportunities for Americans.” Making sure that everyone participates in this process and receives AI skills training to prepare the workforce for the future is equally crucial. This will support enterprises’ expansion as well as the success of careers.
According to Public First, the UK economy may benefit more than £400 billion from the complete adoption of AI over the next six years, or 2.6% annual growth rate, just from the technology itself.
According to Google, generative AI has the potential to save the average British worker 100 hours annually, making it the biggest increase in worker productivity “since the advent of Google Search.”
Tuesday saw a noteworthy increase in earnings and revenue for Alphabet, the parent company of Google, as well as a $70 billion stock repurchase. Due to an error in the release of its Gemini AI image-generator tool, the company’s AI efforts were scrutinised this year, which alarmed investors about the company’s artificial intelligence product investments.
Nevertheless, at its yearly developers’ conference in May, it reaffirmed its dedication to AI. AI Overviews, one of the new AI features unveiled, aims to reinvent Google Search by offering succinct summaries of articles and search results. Publishers have been among those who have strongly criticised these summaries, claiming that they may result in fewer people visiting their own websites.
