Investors believe the artificial intelligence revolution is coming. However, for many workers, the rapid adoption of AI technology has increased anxiety about their career future. And no generation is more worried than millennials.
A new survey from HR platform Checkr found that millennials are particularly concerned about how AI will affect their jobs and salary outlook, with 82% of millennial workers saying AI will increase wages in the same position. are concerned that the In contrast, 78% of all respondents are concerned about this risk.
“The data shows that millennials are caught between a rock and a hard place,” said Sara Korolevicz, head of digital content at Checker. “Generation Z is seen as a digital native, and baby boomers and Gen X are starting to leave the workforce, while the oldest millennials still have at least 20 more years of employment, and the potential this technology brings. remain vulnerable to a wide range of changes”. “
The Checker survey is part of a report called Insights from the American Worker, which includes results from 3,000 U.S. employees across four generations and was conducted April 27-28 this year. was done.
With AI already threatening jobs in media, marketing and restaurants, the sources of job insecurity in the AI revolution are already inescapably obvious.
Checkr’s data also showed that millennials may be willing to take the financial hit themselves for the latest in AI. He said 77% of millennials surveyed said they would spend their money building AI know-how to avoid being superseded. In the data Checkr collected, millennial anxiety was unique.
“Throughout history, technological disruption and change on this scale has been accompanied by anxiety and uncertainty,” Korovich said. “The advent of generative AI and language models is no exception, so it’s no wonder American workers fear how this technology will change the way they work – and even their pay. It’s shocking to see how many people are working.” Feel this way. “
“It is expected to have a significant impact on employment.”
With the AI boom, technology risks have also moved to the forefront of people’s consciousness. One of those key concerns revolves around employment. Will AI become a job stealer or a job creator?
For OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who developed ChatGPT, the answer, at least in some ways, seems simple and puzzling, according to testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month.
“As with any technological revolution, we expect to have a significant impact on employment, but it is very difficult to predict exactly what that impact will be,” Altman told the committee. “If we go back to the other side of the previous technological revolution and talk about the jobs that exist on the other side, you can go back and read books about this. That’s what people were saying at the time. It is difficult.”
“I believe there is much better work on the other side of this world and that today’s work will be even better.”
Yes, it affects my work. Yes, there may be fewer jobs for certain types. But new jobs will also be created. And with these new areas of work, there will probably be growth as well.
“I believe there will be much more jobs on the other side,” Altman added, “and jobs today will be even better.”
Ally Garfinkle Senior Tech Reporter at Yahoo Finance. follow her on her twitter @agarfinks and further LinkedIn.
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