Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce Skills, Employment Patterns, and Future Jobs

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically transforming labour markets, skill requirements and labour market structures around the world. This research explores how AI affects workforce skills, changes the nature of the job, and the future of employment as well. Using mixed methodology of a quantitative survey (N=400) and qualitative interviews (n=20), the study finds that AI increases demand for higher-order cognitive, digital and interpersonal skills, but decreases the demand for routine tasks. Employment patterns change as low skills jobs are replaced and high technology, AI-complementary jobs are created. Effective reskilling and policy changes are essential to the equitable workforce transformation. The results give some ideas on how educators, employers and policy makers can prepare for an AI-fuelled workforce.