JOBS COULD BE AT RISK BY 2040: EXPERT
As it stands, AI does not pose an imminent threat to workers’ livelihoods – at least in Southeast Asia’s healthcare and BPO industries.
But this could change by 2040, one expert warns.
Dr Lundberg noted that the world is currently at the first stage of AI – known as weak AI – where humans have more logic than AI. At this stage, AI is able to enhance the work of human workers and acts as an aid, she said.
However, at the second stage – known as strong AI – where AI has a human level of cognition, jobs will be at risk.
“There is already…