LinkedIn has revealed that Artificial Intelligence skills are being adopted at a high speed across geographies and industries in ways that are expected to transform tomorrow’s global workplace.
LinkedIn latest report, posted on its Economic Graph titled “Future of Work Report: AI at Work”, shows that there is an increased focus on job postings referencing new AI technologies with the mentioning of GAI, such as ChatGPT starting to make its way into the world of work climbing rapidly.
“We’re seeing more LinkedIn members around the globe adding AI skills to their profiles than ever before,” the report indicated.
“While AI is not new, the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 led to a meteoric rise of interest in and conversation around AI, and more specifically in GAI on LinkedIn.
"The share of global English-language job postings mentioning GPT or ChatGPT increased 21x since November 2022. Professionals and businesses are starting to embrace AI-assisted technologies, such as ChatGPT, in their daily work and adapt their processes.”
In the report, AI Skills Index data based from 25 countries, by June 2023, the number of AI-skilled members was eight times larger than in January 2016.
“The rise of AI talent and members adding AI skills has been accelerating since 2016. With the launch of ChatGPT we are seeing the promise of AI and how it’s reshaping the skills required at work and at the same time helping people become more productive,” the report stated.
The report added that the pace at which LinkedIn members added AI skills to their profiles nearly doubled since the launch of ChatGPT, rising from 7.7% (May–November 2022) to 13% (November 2022–June 2023).
The report has also revealed that the capabilities and efficiencies unlocked by GAI will undoubtedly affect all of our jobs in some way. Executives are planning to reassess roles and reduce headcount as an impact of AI on their workforce.
Recently, the International Labour Organization (ILO) offered a counter-narrative to their study, stating that the GAI effects will likely affect people and lead to unemployment.
“The potential effects of Generative AI are likely to differ significantly for men and women, the study finds, with more than twice the share of female employment potentially affected by automation,” ILO study stated.
“This is due to women’s over-representation in clerical work, especially in high and middle-income countries.
"Since clerical jobs have traditionally been an important source of female employment as countries develop economically, one result of Generative AI could be that certain clerical jobs may never emerge in lower-income countries,” it added.
ILO stated that there is a risk that only a few, well-prepared countries and market participants will benefit from the new technology