- Humans are now tasked with AI leadership roles, adding to the pressure
- Because roles are perceived as ‘easier’, they don’t get pay rises
- Long-term sustainability is the key to dispelling many of our fears
A new one Occupational medicine journal article has revealed the potential impacts that artificial intelligence could have on work, which could mean we face higher workloads without seeing a corresponding rise in wages.
By automating routine and administrative tasks, AI has now presented human workers with a new challenge – managing it. The researchers worry that this can increase stress and pressure, especially without the proper training.
All this comes as AI promises to deliver huge productivity gains, but the reality is that the technology has threatened to create major industrial shifts and even displace (or redefine) entry-level workers.
Is AI making work more stressful?
The report warns that artificial intelligence could increase the responsibilities of workers despite claiming to make work easier, therefore wages do not rise. For example, a separate report from 2024 cited in the article shows how AI tools can slow down work, causing workers to check and correct AI errors that otherwise wouldn’t have been there.
The researchers describe these as “hidden workloads that negate the benefit of automating outsourcing tasks.”
Looking ahead, the research requires that you think more about where people sit “in [AI] loop.” Poor management can also lead to productivity gaps as well as health and unemployment consequences across industries, age groups and regions.
An earlier MIT study found that about one in nine American jobs could be replaced by artificial intelligence. Separate Bank of England and ONS data show youth unemployment rising across the UK.
With AI transforming industries that have historically been slow to evolve, the report stresses the urgency of “finding ways to share learning.”
While many fear that artificial intelligence could replace jobs, this report concludes that more attention should be paid to how we manage this transition period to ensure that humans continue to play a sustainable role in productivity.
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