The AI digitalization of employment and our future

The digitalization of all sectors of the global economy is on the way. As far as governments around the world invest on digital infrastructure and reskilling the workforce, artificial life is going to be inevitable. However, funding levels in terms of public or private investments are still very low.

   By 2030, products and services will be interconnected, and technology driven. Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will become the main core of most manufacturing processes and business models. At the same time though, despite the fact that AI is a game changer for the competitiveness, the European Union does not have a single AI ecosystem that can compare with Silicon Valley, Boston, Toronto, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, or China.

2021 AI index: Top 20 countries

Rank	Country	Indexed Score
1	United States	100.00
2	Singapore	67.22
3	Switzerland	67.14
4	Netherlands	66.20
5	Japan	64.22
6	South Korea	64.11
7	Sweden	64.05
8	Finland	63.09
9	Germany	62.82
10	Ireland	62.77
11	United Kingdom	62.05
12	France	59.33
13	Israel	57.58
14	Denmark	57.55
15	Austria	55.67
16	Canada	55.27
17	Malaysia	55.27
18	Czech Republic	53.32
19	Australia	50.92
20	China	50.82

Source: Global Data

   Furthermore, data analytics as a system is already essential for many data-driven products and services today, but much more effort must be associated with its development. Also, we must cope with AI overregulation which has great impact on innovation and the competitiveness of companies.

   Using AI to acquire biometric data, by analyzing fingerprints and typing cadence, or using voice and facial recognition, can be highly appropriate and beneficial for the individual as well as the general public, as European Union’s authorities stated. But how we can identify the level of privacy that can be still exist in the future?

   In fact, we cannot ensure that we will be alone in the future. In terms of technology, it is already everywhere on the streets, workplaces, and our home. It is impossible to live without technological applications, while it is impossible to use technology without the need to input of personal information.

   Hopefully, AI may replace some mundane, labor-intensive, or dangerous tasks, while it will create new, higher value-added employment. On the other hand, our income availability will become even more technology dependable, which means that we must cope with a robotic environment in which we are becoming less important for most of production systems.