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Africa: AI Threatens One in Four Jobs - but Transformation, Not Replacement, Is the Real Risk
- A joint 2025 study by the ILO and Poland's National Research Institute found one in four jobs globally is exposed to generative AI changes.
- This exposure results mainly from AI transforming job tasks rather than fully automating roles, with women and clerical workers facing the highest disruption risks.
- The ILO-NASK index examined close to 30,000 job descriptions, leveraging insights from worker surveys, specialists’ assessments, and artificial intelligence techniques to determine which occupations are most vulnerable to changes driven by AI.
- In high-income countries, 34% of jobs face exposure with 9.6% of female employment at highest risk of automation, which is nearly three times the rate for men.
- The ILO emphasizes the importance of inclusive social dialogue, improved infrastructure, and fair access to technology to help ensure AI contributes positively to employment opportunities and mitigates potential declines in job quality.
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On Tuesday, 20 May, the International Labour Organization published a report on the impact of AI on employment in the world. Few occupations are expected to disappear, but a quarter of them are expected to evolve with this technology.
ILO: One in four jobs globally exposed to GenAI, but transformation more likely than loss
GENEVA: A new joint study from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute (NASK) found that one in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) but that transformation, not replacement, is the most likely outcome. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
In general, the ILO is rather optimistic about the progress of the IA in the world of work and highlights that, in many cases where it is applied, human intervention will continue to be necessary, so that "most of the jobs will be transformed instead of destroyed"
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