Artificial intelligence is transforming middle-class jobs. Can it also help the poor?
Artificial intelligence is transforming middle-class jobs. Can it also help the poor?
Artificial intelligence is transforming middle-class jobs. Can it also help the poor?
Artificial intelligence is transforming middle-class jobs. Can it also help the poor?
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From the article
>The AI revolution isn’t following the usual playbook. Unlike the gradual adoption of computers and the internet, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) use has skyrocketed—and not just in Silicon Valley. Surprisingly, [middle-income countries](https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099720008192430535/idu15f321eb5148701472d1a88813ab677be07b0) now account for more than half of all GenAI-web traffic.
>The workplace transformation is already evident. In the U.S., [39%](https://www.nber.org/papers/w32966) of the working age population has embraced this new technology. According to a survey of skilled workers [covering 31 countries](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/ai-at-work-is-here-now-comes-the-hard-part), 66% of leaders say that they would not hire someone without AI skills. In Latin America, work experience is taking a backseat to AI expertise—[66%](https://assets-c4akfrf5b4d3f4b7.z01.azurefd.net/assets/2024/05/2024_Work_Trend_Index_Annual_Report_663d45200a4ad.pdf) of executives would choose AI-savvy candidates over more experienced professionals who lack these skills.
>This surging demand for AI-related skills is firmly rooted in real-world benefits. [Experimental studies](https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adh2586) focused on specific occupations such as writers, programmers, and customer support agents reveal large productivity gains from GenAI use. There is also an [unexpected twist](https://www.nber.org/papers/w31161): The biggest winners within such occupations are often workers with relatively lower levels of skills and experience. This helps explain why executives are increasingly favoring AI-skills over traditional work experience.
AI is a tool. Can a tool help poor people? Can a hammer help poor people? Can a saw or axe help poor people? No, but poor people can help themselves with the tools, if they have access to those or someone else helps them with the tools.
If it was made to. Unfortunately, things aren’t made to help the poor. They are made to control the poor.
No lol AI is a technology that – outside of a handful of admittedly very cool scientific applications – primarily exists to destroy jobs. It’s a net loss for everyone but the rich.
like every gain of productivity we had in the last 40 years, it will go to the 1%
This is stupid, yes people are adopting it, because we are asked to by our employers, but for the most part it’s not valuable. Its not actually useful. It doesn’t work.
No. Any headline that poses a question, the answer is always no.
Money, education and employment are what help poor people. We’ve known the answer to that for hundreds of years.