Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is progressing every day.The current AI is a “specialized type” that only performs fixed tasks, but the development of “General -purpose AI” that can handle various tasks as humans is underway.
There is also a theory that when a general -purpose type appears, human work is almost replaced.What should humans do?Will such AI really realize in the first place?
Associate Professor Tomohiro Inoue of the Faculty of Economics, Komazawa, who is studying the impact of AI on employment.
Financial employment decreases in the United States
――What are the effects of AI on employment at this time?
In the United States, AI has reduced employment in financial occupations such as insurance diplomat, asset management advisor, and securities analysts.For asset management advisors, apps called "Robo Advisors" will advise you what kind of investment trusts to buy.
The work of traders and paralegal (lawyer assistants) who trade stocks and other deals is also being replaced.
On the other hand, alternatives are gradually taking place in Japan, but they still like people, and they seem to be even smaller than the United States.
――Why is “people” preferred in Japan?Is the national character also related?
Japanese adults have a low score of IT skills, although their intellectual levels such as Japanese language reading and mathematical thinking are top class in OECD countries.
The first reason is that it is still a country of manufacturing.I'm good at handling visible things, but I feel a little weak to manipulate abstract concepts.
The second is the manager of the owner.It is conservative without jumping into new technology.There was no animal spirit (the heart to make ambitious), and I was skeptical and waisted for AI.
At the end of the Edo period and the Meiji era, the Japanese who were in the eyes of foreigners said that they had a strong curiosity.These trends continued until after the war, but I think they have been lost in the deflation recession.
The seriousness of unemployment by AI is from brain labor
―― Did you change such consciousness due to corona evil?
Humans invented their "grandchildren's hand" to hang their backs.So, can AI solve the problem in the same way?The question seems to be hidden in hints to survive in the coming era.
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