How will AI change the workforce?
UC professor talks to Cincinnati Edition about evolving landscape
WVXU's Cincinnati Edition turned to an expert in artificial intelligence at the University of Cincinnati to explain how it is reshaping employment and the economy.
Lindner College of Business Assistant Professor Jeffrey Shaffer is director of UC's Applied AI Lab. Shaffer said AI is getting better every day. And it is being adopted in more and more employment fields.
Jeffrey Shaffer. Photo/Provided
“We have to realize that the worst AI you will use is today and tomorrow will be completely different,“ he said.
Shaffer said AI will have a disproportionate impact on some employment sectors. For example, AI has excelled at generating digital content and coding, he said.
The Harvard Business Review in January released a survey of 1,000 executives about how AI would affect employment. The survey found that 90% of respondents said their organizations are getting moderate to great value from AI, but 44% said they had difficulty measuring the economic value of generative AI.
The survey also found that companies are reducing staffing in anticipation of benefiting from AI productivity.
“At the end of the day, many, many more will be affected by it than not,“ Shaffer said.
Shaffer was joined on the program by Texas A&M University Associate Professor Matthew Call.
Listen to the Cincinnati Edition segment.
Featured image at top: UC Carl H. Lindner College of Business Assistant Professor Jeffrey Shaffer was a guest on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition to talk about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the job market. Graphic Illustration/Imaginima/Unsplash
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