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Artificial Intelligence and the US Job Market: Impacts and Solutions

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Ding Changjun

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Nanjing New Channel School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Abstract

With the rapid technological advancement and increased investment in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry, AI is gaining popularity in the USA. This implementation of AI will have both a positive and negative impact on the US job market. To address a series of adverse consequences caused by AI, the US Government, as well as experts in AI and economics, have proposed several solutions. This essay is based on data on current and future AI development, as well as literature on how AI affects both high-skilled and low-skilled laborers. This essay employs a case analysis approach and SWOT analysis to illustrate the current state of AI development and its potential for growth, as well as the way in which AI will benefit and hinder both American high-skilled and low-skilled labour. The results of research indicate that AI technology is developing particularly rapidly in the US and has already had an impact on its job market. For high-skilled labour such as the data-processing workforce, medical labour force and computer programmers, they are likely to benefit from improved working efficiency and accuracy, as well as lower working pressure; however, they may also be worsened by higher fungibility, as well as increased dependency and reduced autonomy. For low-skilled labour, such as construction workers and delivery drivers will be provided with plenty of upskilling opportunities and safer working conditions, but would be negatively affected by significant job replacement and widening skill gaps. In short, the most notable aspect is that low-skilled labor is likely to be affected more significantly than high-skilled labor.

Keywords

AI; Job Market; The USA; SWOT

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