According to a recent report released by a leading educational research charity, low-skilled jobs could be eliminated in the UK because of automation and AI by 2035.
Primarily, it has been observed that the jobs most at risk are those such as trades, machine operations, and administrative roles.
Proficient individuals were anticipated to be more valuable as technological advancement accelerates workloads, at least in the short to medium team.”
The reports further suggest that the UK economy will add 2.3m jobs by 2035, but they will be irregularly distributed.
On the contrary, findings further demonstrated that AI would have a more significant impact on technical occupations such as software engineering and management advising, than on trades and manual work.
The research findings published in the King’s College in October estimated that higher-paying firms have experienced losses of roughly 9.4% between 2021 and 2025.
It has been observed that this period largely coincides with the development and release of ChatGPT in late 2022.
The law firm Clifford Chance has revealed that almost 10% of its business services staff were laid off at its London base, largely attributing the change to A
In this connection the head of PwC also scaled back plans to hire 100,000 people between 2021 and 2026, saying that the world is different and artificial intelligence had entirely changed its hierarchy priorities.
The financial modeling of the UK labor market suggests that ongoing predictions about AI-driven job losses may be premature.
The layoffs have been ascribed to the uptake of AI, driven by a stagnant economy, and other factors such as rising national insurance costs and employers being cautious.
Jude Hillary, one of the report’s authors, shed light on the current scenario stating, “There’s this general uncertainty about where things are going, how long it takes to improve. There’s lots of talk about AI and automation without any real substance about it, and lots of employers are worried about it.”
The overall effects of AI on the UK workforce seem to be complex; while increasing the demand for many lower-skilled professions, it will be difficult for people who have fewer skills to navigate the changing economy.
Nonetheless, this transformation requires proactive government investment to avoid long-term inequality.