- Tech workers face problems due to layoffs and the emergence of artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT.
- The layoff rate in 2023 could exceed that in 2001, the worst year in the history of the technology sector due to the fall of the “dot.com”.
- Artificial intelligence will change jobs in the technology industry, but it will also offer opportunities for greater efficiency and productivity.
As if the problems faced by technology workers due to the layoffs that occurred in the last 12 months were not enough, the difficulties posed by the irruption of programs based on artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, are added.
Only so far in 2023 will technology companies they have laid off 5 percent more than in all of 2022, according to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
If the advance continues at this speed, the layoff rate is on track to surpass what happened in 2001, the worst year in history for the sector due to the fall of the “dot.com”.
But the problem is more serious, as skilled workers in tech jobs are afraid not only of being fired, but of being replaced.
Goldman Sachs research published by CNBC says that 300 million jobs around the world are going to be affected by artificial intelligence and mass automation.
Sultan Saidov, founder and owner of Beamery, for his part, says that ChatGPT and artificial intelligence should not create fear among workers “because these kinds of tools are going to help people and companies to be more efficient.” Beamery is a global human capital management software firm with its own GPT, TalentGPT.
According to Saidov, AI will change jobs, not lose them. Let’s see.
creatives and designers
According to Saidov, creatives in the technology industry, such as designers, video game creators, photographers and those who create digital images will have to reconfigure their tasks. The AI will help them do their job faster, so they need to learn new skills.
For the specialist, creative jobs will continue to be in demand after the emergence of generative artificial intelligence and other advances.
Software developers and engineers
For Sameer Penakalapati, CEO of Ceipal, a company dedicated to recruiting talent through AI-based developments, “it is not fair to say that GPT will completely replace the jobs of developers and engineers.” For the specialist, these tasks will continue to exist, although “their tasks and responsibilities could be diminished.”
Penakalapati says that the problem for this working group is not GPT in participating, but generative AI in general. “GPT is a model designed to learn patterns and provide results. However, “other forms of generative AI go further, reconstructing different outcomes based on patterns and new learning, almost like a reflection of the human brain.”
For Penakalapati, it will be impossible for these tools to completely replace humans, but it will likely see a drop in the number of developers and engineers needed to create software.
knowledge workers
While GPT and AI will have a major impact on more jobs than others, these tools will affect all knowledge employees, Michael Chui, of the McKinsey Global Institute.
This does not mean that these jobs will be lost due to the massive arrival of AI.
“This technology allows you to quickly create drafts of all sorts of different things, whether it’s writing, generating code or images, even videos and music,” Chui says. “Almost any knowledge worker will be able to benefit from these technologies because it will give them greater speed.”
Chui compares the advent of AI to tools like Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. In the near future, no one will be able to imagine many jobs without AI and GPT. For the analyst, productivity will grow.
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