Will AI create more jobs than it replaces?

The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Concerns over automation-driven unemployment have risen as capabilities in AI and machine learning have increased.

• A recent poll found that 41% of executives at big organizations globally anticipate a reduction in workers over the next five years as a result of AI.

• The impact on jobs of “multimodal AI” — which can learn complex concepts of the world — merits serious consideration.