One in five young workers admitted to exaggerating the capabilities of artificial intelligence in their job interviews as pressure is placed on employees to acquire the skills.
Research shows that more workers are overwhelmed by the speed at which they deploy AI to deploy AI, and almost half find learning to use technology just as troublesome as the “second job.”
Social network LinkedIn has released the findings from today's global survey. This has discovered that many employees are trying to educate them about AI using free resources.
Last Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics named AI technology the fastest growing sector for research and development. That regulation was also a key point of discussion at the government's economic reform roundtable last week.
The LinkedIn study conducted by the entire census surveyed over 19,000 employees in 14 countries, including Australia, the UK and the US.
Almost half (46%) of the workers surveyed felt that learning about AI was a very burden and they were in a second job, with one in three (37%) feeling overwhelmed by the expectations of AI from their employers.
Many respondents were embarrassed that AI (28%), surveys were found, and that many generations of Z and millennial workers admitted to exaggerating their AI skills in job interviews (22%).
AI will not be the first technology to transform the job market, said Matt Tindale, managing director at LinkedIn Anz, which had a rapid and significant impact on both businesses and employees.
“What the research shows is this feeling of overwhelmed,” he told AAP.
“There is hope for hiring managers around AI literacy. All of this gives many experts and job seekers a sense of overwhelmed by the new technology they have to learn and have to be skilled.”
The study also found that nearly two (63%) of three workers who resisted learning about AI were behind, with over half training themselves with technology using free resources.
The results showed that many people are keen to adapt to a changing work environment, Tindale said, but others may need more guidance and security that technology doesn't require sophisticated computer skills.
“A lot of people misunderstand what they're saying. [AI] Means,” he said.
“Many times people think it's very technical and troublesome, but that's mainly… a way to use the tool to be more productive and successful, whether it's capillot or ChatGpt.”
A recent high-tech council survey found that most Australian office workers already use AI and that most technologies hoped to transform their jobs by 2030, but they didn't replace them.
