Source: Fortune
Summary
Cognizant researchers predicted in 2023 that 90% of jobs would be affected by generative AI by 2032. However, their latest data shows that 93% of jobs are already AI-capable, with 30% facing existential change. This has significant implications for various industries, including blue-collar jobs like plumbing. While AI-driven layoffs are happening, Cognizant executives believe that the technology will create new job opportunities and reshape the way organizations function.
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The numbers tell one story.
Cognizant’s prediction has arrived six years early, with 93% of jobs already AI-capable. Plumbers, once considered AI-proof, are now facing changes in their work. AI is not just changing what people do at work, but also reshaping how organizations function. Cognizant executives see AI as creating new job opportunities, but the pace of these new opportunities may be slower than expected. The company’s data shows that even careers considered “AI-proof” may not be immune to change.
“Nobody’s safe,” said Ollie O’Donoghue, Cognizant’s head of research.
Author: Evan Null
