German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil says AI is likely to create more jobs than it kills. According to the German minister, artificial intelligence has great potential to help Germany recover from labor shortages, especially in the area of software development. Details are shared below.
“According to everything we know and can observe, we as a society will not run out of jobs in the future,” the Labor Minister told a German daily called Tagesspiegel.
He also said he doesn’t support banning chatbots like Chat-GPT, but added that people need to understand the data on which AI tools are trained.
Additionally, Heil said banning AI tools would be counterproductive. “People need to understand the data that AI tools are being trained on,” he said.
Germany is facing a severe labor shortage, especially in the IT sector and software development, since the COVID-19 pandemic. Germany has also decided to relax visa rules in order to create an influx of skilled workers and professionals into the country.
During his visit to India, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it would make visa applications easier for Indian IT workers and professionals. This means faster processing times and easier filing. IT skills are the top priority of the German government in 2023, so we are working to make Germany an attractive destination for those interested in the IT sector.
