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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
James Ball

Will AI steal my job? Maybe – but here are some possible new opportunities

Employees at work with robots in an Amazon warehouse near Paris.
Employees at work with robots in an Amazon warehouse near Paris. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

The conversation about AI and the workplace is understandably dominated by the downsides – after decades of automation eliminating manufacturing jobs, people in the service sector are worried about being replaced by “robots”.

But every technological shift creates as well as destroys jobs. Artificial intelligence – at least in its current iteration, which uses large language datasets to create text, audio and video – is no different. What is, perhaps, surprising is the type of jobs it will create.

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