Around 20 million workers in the EU would lose their jobs in the short term if precautions are not taken quickly, given the speed of development of artificial intelligence.
This is what emerges from a study by the Centers for European Policy Network (Cep), which highlights how the most qualified workers are those most exposed to the impact of new technology.
While previous technological advances have increased employees' skills and thus their productivity, so-called generative AI will irreversibly destroy entire job profiles, researchers note.
"Around one in ten jobs in the EU will be directly affected by the end of this decade. The spectrum ranges from managers and consultants to lawyers and marketing specialists," says digital expert at the Berlin CEP, Anselm Küsters , author of the study together with the expert from the Cep Rome office, Eleonora Poli.
To prevent labor market distortions and build social resilience, the researchers suggest adapting social security systems and propose a new conceptualization of the idea of basic income, i.e. a collective risk-sharing measure which, unlike a 'robot tax' is less economically distortive.
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