The emergence of large-language model artificial intelligence technology represented by ChatGPT has had an impact on high-income and high-educated workers, triggering heated discussions on the topic of "machines replacing labor". How do you view the impact of generative AI on human work, and what will happen to the content and nature of future work, and the ways and means of education?
On July 19, the National Institute of Development of Peking University and Zhaopin.com jointly launched the "Research Report on the Potential Impact of AI Big Models on the Mainland Labor Market" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). This report is based on Zhaopin's job demand for desensitization, job seeker resume submission data, and job seeker questionnaire survey from January 2018 to April 2023. Through the text analysis of the work tasks of recruitment positions, the research group constructed the artificial intelligence impact index of various occupations for the first time.
According to the description of work tasks in various occupational job requirements released by Zhaopin.com, which occupations are more likely to be affected by the advancement of artificial intelligence technology of large language models represented by ChatGPT? According to the research group, the "big language model impact index based on work tasks" was constructed.
The change trend of newly released jobs affected by artificial intelligence: 2018.1-2023.4
The 20 occupations with the highest impact index include finance/auditing/taxation, translation, banking, sales, etc. Most of these occupations are white-collar jobs, and their common feature is that the work tasks include more text processing, data collection and collation, etc., and these knowledge-based work tasks are the strengths of large language model artificial intelligence.
The 20 occupations with the lowest impact index include community/resident/domestic service, mechanic/operator, cooking/cooking/food research and development, transportation services, logistics/warehousing, hospital/medical/nursing and so on. The common feature of these occupations is that the task involves more manual work and requires the provision of services in the process of dealing directly with people.
The large-scale popularity of large-language model artificial intelligence technology has only been more than half a year ago, why did it show its impact on labor demand in the previous years?
The report points out that large language model AI technology is highly correlated with other artificial intelligence, and recent technological advances have led to increased this correlation. Therefore, in recent years, the change in labor demand has been under the influence of artificial intelligence technology, and after the rapid development of large language model artificial intelligence technology, its response has become more and more intense.
In the face of the popularity of AI tools and their impact, what ways will professionals respond? 65.8% of respondents said that they will take training courses on skills in the use of AI tools, the highest percentage. In addition, 47.2% said that they would learn a new professional skill that is not easily replaced by AI, and 42.9% said that they would switch to a new career direction that is not easily replaced by AI and open up another track.
How professionals are coping with the proliferation of AI tools
This shows that in the long run, in the face of the impact of AI on career development, professionals are generally more active, and take various measures to cope with the impact of AI technology on the workplace. Most professionals are more inclined to take training courses to upgrade their skills to better harness AI.
The development of the digital economy brings both challenges and opportunities. Professionals need to be aware of new opportunities and use digital technologies to serve themselves.
The "Report" emphasizes that facing the future, under the development background of technological innovation and industrial innovation, to promote the high-quality development of the mainland economy, we should not only pay attention to the widespread use of intelligence in the production field, but also accelerate the technological adoption of industries involved in the frontier of technology. Only the extensive combination with new technologies and the full combination in the production process can create new employment opportunities and more market demand, and promote high-quality economic development.
Responsible Editor: Yang Linyu
Text Yang Zhenying
Source: Pudong Release