The introduction of Artificial Intelligence into the job market has caused a lot of tension as a number of professional and nonprofessional employees tend to fear for their jobs. Lots of people in the employment stream are oblivious and scared as to how long they can hold on to their jobs. artificial intelligence has numerous advantages which include the reduction of human error in the dispensation of duties, the encouragement and creation of new inventions, the ability to be unbiased in otherwise emotional situations, and their usage in extremely risky situations like diffusing a bomb.
Until the introduction of and the steady fledge of artificial intelligence, several industries required a large number of employees to perform daily duties for the fulfilment of the company’s establishment.
Below are five job types that are steadily being dominated by Artificial Intelligence.
Cybersecurity – The introduction of advanced Artificial Intelligence in the Cybersecurity industry places a huge advantage on the protection of electronic data. In place of human supervision which may be extremely limited, the development of AI software easily detects any unauthorized activity or access to preserved electronic information, seals the entry point through which the access was gained, and only alerts human supervisors when deemed necessary.
This algorithm also combats cyberattacks whiles minimizing risk and data loss. This function may be greatly slowed down should humans take absolute control of the function. With the use of security tools such as Forcepoint, Kali Linux, and Wireshark, there’s limited human involvement, thus reducing human employment to ascertain cybersecurity threats and defense.
Customer Service – The use of the Natural Language Processing algorithm (NLP) to has come to replace a percentage of human customer service agents and representatives. The algorithm, which poses as a Chat box has the ability to process and understand selected languages of clients’ complaints and then suggests possible solutions to the said problem.
Artificial Intelligence in customer service minimizes or eliminates the period taken to transfer a troubled client to an available customer service representative. This goes a long way to reduce the waiting time that it takes customers to have their issues attended to. The use of artificial intelligence in this industry also serves as a safety net for clients as there’s the unbending assurance of client confidentiality.
Transportation – The development of the Automatic Train Operation (A.T.O) has severely reduced the number of employed train drivers. With advanced ‘Automation Grades,’ several trains are operated without the need for any driver or attendant. Japan was the first country to introduce driverless train operation and the venture has since then been greatly in vogue.
Automation Grade 3 trains need only the presence of a train attendant whose duty is to help operate doors and drive the train in case of an emergency.
The more advanced Automation Grade 4 needs neither requires the presence of a driver nor an attendant to fully function even in the occurrence of an emergency. This technology has greatly reduced the number of train drivers that would have otherwise been absorbed by the transport industry.
Manufacturing – The manufacturing sector is one of the largest sectors that is massively being infiltrated by artificial intelligence. The 24/7 production rate offered by AI is an advantage that greatly beats the employment of human labor, thus causing a significant reduction in the needed human labor force in the manufacturing sector.
A fatigued labor force is bound to overlook certain errors or updates in operative devices. The use of highly advanced AI increases efficient productivity as it predicts periodic updates for manufacturing machines. The introduction of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry provides reduced risk for the employed human labor force as a high number of dangerous tasks are undertaken by these mostly emotionless machineries.
Retail of Petroleum and LPG – The sale of diesel, petrol, and gas for vehicles has also seen the appearance of artificial intelligence. This retail sector harbored fuel attendants who were employed to serve vehicles with the appropriate petroleum product or gas. Recently manufactured fuel pumps have been designed to suit self-servicing.
This implies that the presence of an attendant is not required in order to complete the sale of the gas station or fuel station since the purchase and payment mode depicting the amount to be paid in correspondence to the liters received are provided for through artificial intelligence.
Though Artificial Intelligence is purported to be gradually taking over humanly performed jobs, there seem to be certain classes of jobs that may be greatly affected by this development. But as the industrial revolution created more employment opportunities in the long run, it may be right to speculate that though the steady improvement of artificial intelligence would cause the loss of some jobs, there may be hope that the same artificial intelligence development would create, in the long run, hundreds of employment opportunities for the global economy.
