- Humans are now being given AI management roles, adding to the pressure
- Because the positions are perceived as “easier,” they do not receive salary increases.
- Long-term sustainability is key to allaying many of our fears
A new Occupational medicine A journal article has revealed the potential impacts AI could have on work, and it could mean we’ll face higher workloads without seeing a correlating pay rise.
By automating routine and administrative tasks, AI now presents human workers with a new challenge: managing them. Researchers worry this could add stress and pressure, especially without proper training.
All of this comes as AI promises to bring huge productivity gains, but the reality is that the technology has threatened to create major industrial changes and even displace (or redefine) entry-level workers.
Does AI make work more stressful?
The report warns that AI can increase workers’ responsibilities, even if it claims to make work easier, and therefore wages do not increase. For example, a separate 2024 report cited in the article shows how AI tools can slow down work, forcing employees to check and fix AI errors that wouldn’t have been there otherwise.
The researchers describe them as “hidden workloads that negate the benefits of automating outsourcing tasks.”
Looking ahead, the research calls for more thinking about the position of humans “in the world.” [AI] “Poor management can also lead to productivity gaps as well as health and unemployment consequences across sectors, age groups and regions.
A previous MIT study found that about one in nine jobs in the United States could be replaced by artificial intelligence. Separate data from the Bank of England and the ONS shows youth unemployment is rising across the UK.
As AI more rapidly transforms historically slow-to-evolve industries, the report highlights the urgency of “finding pathways to share learning.”
While many fear that AI could replace jobs, this report concludes that greater attention needs to be paid to how we manage this transition period to ensure humans continue to play a sustainable role in productivity.
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