While battlelines are being drawn on two sides of the thought divide as to how AI would impact the job market. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is in the thick of a debate for stating quite candidly that from his point of view AI would eliminate 50% entry level positions within five years. Ford CEO goes a step further stating that artificial intelligence will “replace literally half of all white-collar jobs.” On the other side we have Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang find AI as an augmentation tool rather than a wholesale replacement strategy.
The debate would keep raging on for quite some time given the nascent stage AI is in, it would take time before the trajectory of AI can be stated with confidence. What is not being debated is the capability of AI and the way it is unfolding to higher and higher levels in a very short period of time. Small and big breakthroughs are happening day in day out and lo and behold each one of these are augmenting the already available potent tech arsenal at our disposal. Based on his rationale and logic of being in the field for at least 15 years and now a noble prize winner, Google DeepMind CEO is of the view that AI can replace doctors but not healthcare and has cogent reasons for that.
Another young torch bearer of AI revolution Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says AI will completely automate two office jobs with just one prompt. This is the nature of revolution which had already gained headwinds. He is pinning down his hopes on his company’s new AI browser Comet, which as per him, would have the stupendous distinction of killing / automating two white collar jobs that every workplace depends on; recruiters and the administrative assistants.
The first job, that of a recruiter can be wiped out by a single prompt, that is the mammoth impact one is looking for. “A recruiter’s work worth one week is just one prompt: sourcing and reach outs. It can generate candidates lists, extract contact information, and send personalised outreach emails, tasks traditionally handled by recruitment coordinators and sourcers. The AI-native browser is currently in an invite-only beta version for premium users. With regards to the executive assistants job, it can carry tasks including email management, calendar coordination, and meeting preparation. “The AI can “keep following up, keep track of responses, update Google sheets, mark status as responded, sync with Google calendar, resolve conflicts to schedule meetings, he said.
THE FUTURE OF WORK MAY TAKE MONTHS TO REDEFINE ITSELF, GIVEN THE METAMORPHIC CHANGES ALL AROUND US.
Sanjay Sahay
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