AI is emerging “as a great disruptor in the world of work,” Denis Machuel, chief executive of Adecco Group, said in a statement.
Some 46% of executives said they would redeploy employees internally if their jobs were impacted by AI.
Responses from more than 800 global companies showed that a quarter of them expected AI to cause job losses, while half thought the technology would create new jobs.
The WEF said employers expected most technologies, including AI, to be “a net positive” for jobs over the following five years.
Still, that offers little consolation to the workers AI has already helped push out.
Persons:
” Denis Machuel, Goldman Sachs
Organizations:
London CNN, Adecco Group, Oxford, Adecco, World
Locations:
Swiss, United States, Canada, Germany, Japan