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The AI Challenge for Skilled Workers
PUBLISHED 16 JUNE 2023
Dealing with the challenges
The ever-evolving story of AI reaches into all business sectors, and we are gradually gaining an appreciation of the challenges which will be presented by machine learning and artificial intelligence in the area of skills across the entire workforce.
Speaking today at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Budget Perspectives 2024 conference in Dublin, John McCarthy, chief economist of the Department of Finance, said that the Government will need to “maximise the winners and help the losers” in the workforce as AI plays a greater role in day-to-day life.
Co-operation on policy
As the rise of AI threatens to replace skilled workers who have not previously been vulnerable to technological change, Government policymakers and businesses will need to work closely to identify the skills at risks and the mitigating actions that can be put in place.
No doubt we will be hearing more as the dialogue continues, especially in relation to the development of future-proofed skills.
You can read the full story from our colleagues in The Irish Times here.