Artificial Intelligence (AI): Does it Mean Boom or Doom for Your Career? What do you think will have an impact on your future job and career? Do you think that technology will influence your workplace in the future? How do you think the global workforce will change within the next 20 years due to the technological revolution? The questions seem to remind humanity that there will be changes to jobs, careers, the workforce and workplaces, globally, in the future. The study led by Oxford academics Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne, titled The Future of Employment, has found that within the next 20 years, a whopping 47% of jobs will be lost to robots and artificial intelligence (AI). This indicates that the AI revolution could cause one of the biggest shifts in employment history! Artificial intelligence is a computer that can do the intelligent tasks that humans do. The era of AI has definitely arrived to determine the future of employment. Automation is already a strong part of the workforce. Between 3‐14% of the global workforce (that’s up to 375 million workers), may need to switch jobs or acquire new skills by 2030. Economist, Andrew Charlton has analyzed the entire Australian workforce and says that automation will soon impact all workers, “it will hit everyone, and everyone’s jobs will change!” According to a recent Future of Work Forum, the five industries that will be impacted most by artificial intelligence in the next 10 years are healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, customer service and finance. If you feel your job is under threat of automation, it’s important to ramp up your soft skills! Soft skills such as communication, leadership, creativity and interpersonal skills are areas that a robot cannot compete with. In other words, AI will take over the more mundane tasks, leaving more space for creative, social and complex tasks for us. Don’t fear, this doesn’t mean you’ll be out of a job; however, it does mean you’ll likely have to train for a new one. History shows that when jobs are lost in certain fields because of technology, new ones are created in other sectors. (www.careerfaqs.com.au). 2b. Read the website article again then answer the questions. 1. What can be inferred from the post? A) Only five industries will be impacted by technology. B) Some of the global workforce may not need to acquire new skills. C) Robots and AI will do the jobs humans do now. 2. The word “Boom & Doom” in the title is closest in meaning to … A) Jobs & career B) Increase & failure C) Changes 3. Check the correct answer to the questions below. Yes No Not Given 1 47% of jobs will be lost to robots & AI. 2 Automation has shown significant impact on the workforce. 3 Up to 385 million workers have switched their jobs. 4 10 industries will be impacted by AI in the next 5 years. 5 An economist has analyzed the entire American workforce. 