Labour Sociology - Science topic

In my opinion, the development of artificial intelligence technologies and applications, including the use of AI machines, robots, AI chatbots, AI virtual robots and AI agents in various sectors of the economy, will probably have a major impact on future labour markets. As a result of the changes in the labour market caused by the development of AI applications, some human professions will become less important and some jobs will be lost, while new professions and jobs will be created for people who operate IT systems, machines, robots, chatbots, etc. equipped with artificial intelligence. equipped with artificial intelligence technology.

The coming era of artificial intelligence, referred to as the fifth technological revolution, Industry 5.0, will bring about profound changes in labour markets that require careful analysis and preparation. On the one hand, progressive automation driven by AI will inevitably lead to the elimination of many jobs, especially those based on routine and repetitive tasks, which may result in increased unemployment in certain sectors. On the other hand, the development of AI will open up new job opportunities, creating demand for specialists in fields such as AI engineering, data analysis and AI ethics. In addition, many existing jobs will be transformed and workers will need to acquire new skills to work effectively with intelligent systems. The key challenge will therefore be to adapt to these changes by investing in education and training that will enable workers to retrain and acquire the skills of the future. Research plays an invaluable role here, providing knowledge about trends in labour markets, identifying occupations at risk of automation and forecasting the demand for new skills, which will enable the development of effective adaptation strategies.

The research and observations I have conducted show that artificial intelligence technology has been developing rapidly in recent years and is finding new applications, with new opportunities and threats emerging. I have described the main determinants, including the potential opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology, in my article below:

Please write what you think about this issue. Do you see more risks or opportunities associated with the development of artificial intelligence technologies?

And what is your opinion on this topic?

Please reply,

I invite everyone to the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

I invite you to scientific cooperation,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

At present, ChatGPT is not yet taken fully seriously in many applications as a completely infallible and professional tool that can replace humans in many professions requiring creative word processing etc. This is related to the aforementioned high level of factual errors and the creation of 'fictitious facts' in the texts that ChatGPT creates in its answers to the questions people ask. In addition to this, it examines the data and information on the basis of which it provides answers from 2021, so it is no longer fully up to date in terms of many areas of knowledge. For example, it has happened on more than one occasion that when ChatGPT was asked about an event that was recently supposed to have happened ChatGPT would give an answer that a particular event, incident, etc. happened recently in 2023, give the exact date and details of the event, when in fact this event described by ChatGPT never happened and the knowledge base it uses ends temporally in 2021. The issue of the technological progress taking place dynamically in this field in various circles of citizens acting as employees in various companies, enterprises and institutions, as well as in discussions in scientific spheres and in the media, generates a lot of controversy. On the one hand, the technological progress, development of artificial intelligence and its applications are presented in many discussions and publications, press and scientific articles mainly in positive aspects in the context of ever faster economic and social processes, structural changes in the industry and sectoral structure of the economy, including the emergence of new branches of services, new types of technological products, development of technological sectors, emergence of new professions and occupations in the context of developing information technologies ICT and Industry 4. 0. On the other hand, there are critical and pessimistic opinions concerning the potential effects of the dynamic development of artificial intelligence and its applications, which will lead to the replacement of work done by humans with the same work done by artificial intelligence. It is already estimated, on the basis of ongoing research in this field, that by the end of this decade, artificial intelligence could take away jobs from at least 300 million people globally. So it is certain that the implementation of certain different technological solutions of artificial intelligence into the various spheres of activity of companies, enterprises and institutions will change labour markets to a large extent in the next few years.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this subject?

Please respond,

I invite you all to discuss,

Thank you very much,

Counting on your opinions, on getting to know your personal opinion, on an honest approach to discussing scientific issues and not ChatGPT-generated ready-made answers, I deliberately used the phrase "in your opinion" in the question.

The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.

I have not used other sources or automatic text generation systems such as ChatGPT in writing this text.

Copyright by Dariusz Prokopowicz

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

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