Generative AI and jobs: a global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality
This study assesses the potential global exposure of occupations to Generative AI [artificial intelligence], particularly [Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 4] GPT-4. It predicts that the overwhelming effect of the technology will be to augment occupations, rather than to automate them. The greatest impact is likely to be in high and upper-middle income countries due to a higher share of employment in clerical occupations. As clerical jobs are an important source of female employment, the effects are highly gendered. Insights from this study underline the need for proactive policies that focu ... Show more
Authors: Gmyrek, Pawel; Berg, Janine; Bescond, David
Published: Geneva, Switzerland, ILO, 2023
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 51 p.
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