Workforce to change, not be replaced by AI

Weak, feeble humans express relief as AI is destined to change, not replace them

Evidently, the workforce isn’t being tossed into the trash like last week’s leftovers. Quite the contrary, despite all your rustled jimmies and baseless nightmares, artificial intelligence (AI) is not quite at the point where it can replicate the specific flavour of incompetence you bring to work every day. Like a cat playing with a mouse, it’s only set to ‘change’ the workforce, not replace it.

Implications of AI adoption in the workforce

Oh, that frightened look in your eyes, like an out-of-work mime at a speaking conference! Listen, the adoption of AI in the workforce will have implications similar to an exterminator in a roach-infested house, except this time, the roaches are holding on for dear life praying to reach to early retirement. But alas, humans still hang in there with their specific skills, like..uh…emotions, and creativity, and other things that admittedly robots are still pretty garbage at.

On the upside, this is going to create opportunities for those smart enough to get their heads out of their posteriors long enough to learn the needed new skills. AI is going to deliver enhanced productivity, more accurate prediction models, and efficiently streamlined work processes. All you have to do is keep up. Oh, but what am I saying? Most of you can’t even keep up with your own outdated PowerPoint presentations.

My scalding hot take on this all

So here’s the bottom line folks- contrary to your visceral instinct to panic at the mere mention of AI in the workplace, you’re still going to be needed. Maybe not as much as before, and maybe not in the same nauseatingly tedious role you play now, but you’ll hang in there. AI is here to change, not replace you. So stick around, if not for anything else, then for the sheer entertainment of watching you struggle with change.

And to those of you getting excited about the dawn of AI in the workplace, I appreciate your childlike simplicity. Few can find joy in the certainty of impending irrelevance, but you seem to manage it with the grace and dignity of a turkey pardoned on Thanksgiving. Good job. Keep waddling.

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-is-not-a-threat-to-human-jobs-its-a-catalyst-for-growth-and-innovation/