AI attacks jobs: ”Will we be replaced?”

Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, is replacing most of the logistics and delivery tasks previously performed by humans with artificial intelligence (AI). Recently, the company announced that it had installed 10 AI robots in its logistics warehouses.
On the 30th (local time), the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that "Amazon has deployed its largest number of robots ever."
Amazon has deployed 10 robots in its logistics warehouses, nearly as many as the people working there. According to the report, Amazon's latest robot, Vulcan, can pick products from countless shelves.
It is not a simple robot, but an AI robot that can recognize images and determine routes. With the introduction of this "Vulcan," Amazon has
The number of employees, which had been hiring an average of more than 1,000 people per year, dropped to 670 last year, the lowest level in 16 years. The spread of AI is shaking up the employment market. Not only Amazon,
Major American big tech companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Intel, and Google are also undergoing large-scale layoffs.
Statistics also show that the number of jobs for new employees has decreased by about 32%. AI is rapidly replacing employment in all types of jobs, and it has been pointed out that governments and companies need to take immediate measures.
According to the US layoff tracking website Layoffs.fyi, 150 IT companies in the US carried out layoffs in the first half of this year, resulting in 63,823 layoffs.
This is equivalent to about 1% of the entire US IT industry and 24% of Samsung Electronics' total global workforce of approximately 250,000.
Industry experts say Big Tech companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Intel and Google
More job cuts are expected across the company, with analysts saying the number of layoffs could reach as much as 80,000 in the first half of the year. Microsoft said it had cut 6,000 to 7,000 jobs in May,
The company plans to further reduce several thousand jobs as early as this month. The impact of AI on employment is not limited to Big Tech.
Citing data from the "ChatGPT" website, the number of "beginner" positions, such as graduates, apprentices, and interns, across all job categories increased by 31.
The proportion of beginner jobs in total employment also fell by 4 percentage points, from about 29% to 25%. The retail sector saw a 78.2% drop, followed by the logistics, warehousing and administration sector.
More than half of beginner positions in IT, accounting, finance, and other fields have also disappeared. In particular, the number of job openings for beginner positions in May this year was down 4.2% compared to the same period last year, in contrast to the trend of overall job openings increasing by 0.5%.
The wave of structural reform sweeping through society represents a structural change in the labor market along with the spread of AI.
Most of the workforce reductions were targeted at the company, but this year AI has actually begun to replace jobs, and full-scale structural reform is underway.
As the introduction of AI progresses rapidly, traditional white-collar jobs such as middle management and beginner clerical positions are also being
Some analysts say that the job market is being hit hard by job-hunting. In the past, the expansion of a company through rapid sales and the recruitment of new employees was considered the "success formula."
We are now in an era where managers are prioritizing reducing labor costs and improving productivity through the automation of work processes using AI. AI is causing a seismic shift in employment that is progressing in all directions, regardless of industry.
Estee Lauder, the world's largest cosmetics company, said it would lay off 20% of its management staff, while P&G said it would cut non-manufacturing staff by 15%. Goldman Sachs also announced it was investing in an AI program this year.
The bank has introduced the GS AI Assistant, which handles tasks such as document summarization, report drafting, and data analysis. As major U.S. investment banks expand their use of AI tools,
About 200,000 Wall Street jobs could disappear over the next five years, Bloomberg Intelligence predicts.
In a recent interview with Axios, Dario Amodei, CEO of OpenAI competitor Anthropic, said,
"AI could eliminate half of all entry-level administrative jobs and raise unemployment to 10-20% over the next 1-5 years," he said, adding that "an AI company could be taxed 3% every time it makes a profit."
"We need a system where taxes are levied and the government redistributes the revenue."