Up to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational research charity.
The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and administrative roles, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said.
Ok-Mathematician8461 on
3M low skill jobs in 10 years – is that any different from the previous 10 years? Admittedly the UK economy has been run so poorly that they might have a backlog of modernisation to catch up on. But 3M jobs is less than 10% of the UK job market and should be absorbable, especially as the numbers will be boosted for the study.
grahag on
I think they are being optimistic. Expect a million jobs to be lost per year with no way to get them back.
crani0 on
I’m still waiting on the flying cars we were promised
TheoremaEgregium on
3m people cannot be unskilled to become part of the billionaire class.
I have no idea how long it will take and what exact path the philosophical shift in society will take, but it will more likely than not arrive at something that contains the expression “useless eaters”.
Broshida on
The job market in the UK is already awful, with almost half of all vacancies being either dead or fake. That’s without mentioning 2M+ unemployed vs 800K vacancies (including fake/repeat). AI displacing a further 3M+? That’ll be absolutely devastating.
This on top of a relentless cost of living crisis, housing crisis and the utter refusal to do anything about the wealth gap/inequality. It’s looking bleak before the AI job shift even really kicks off.
I’m surprised to see trades as one of the vulnerable sectors though? Isn’t that mostly manual labor (plumbers, electricians, construction, etc.)?
Catch_022 on
AI set to remove 3 million potential customers and tax payers by 2035.
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Up to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational research charity.
The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and administrative roles, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said.
3M low skill jobs in 10 years – is that any different from the previous 10 years? Admittedly the UK economy has been run so poorly that they might have a backlog of modernisation to catch up on. But 3M jobs is less than 10% of the UK job market and should be absorbable, especially as the numbers will be boosted for the study.
I think they are being optimistic. Expect a million jobs to be lost per year with no way to get them back.
I’m still waiting on the flying cars we were promised
3m people cannot be unskilled to become part of the billionaire class.
I have no idea how long it will take and what exact path the philosophical shift in society will take, but it will more likely than not arrive at something that contains the expression “useless eaters”.
The job market in the UK is already awful, with almost half of all vacancies being either dead or fake. That’s without mentioning 2M+ unemployed vs 800K vacancies (including fake/repeat). AI displacing a further 3M+? That’ll be absolutely devastating.
This on top of a relentless cost of living crisis, housing crisis and the utter refusal to do anything about the wealth gap/inequality. It’s looking bleak before the AI job shift even really kicks off.
I’m surprised to see trades as one of the vulnerable sectors though? Isn’t that mostly manual labor (plumbers, electricians, construction, etc.)?
AI set to remove 3 million potential customers and tax payers by 2035.