Artificial Intelligence

Six in ten jobs at risk from AI – chief economist

John McCarthy says certain occupations will no longer exist in the future

John McCarthy: ‘Let’s hope it’s transformative good, and policy has a role to play here, but we can’t rule out the possibility of transformative bad’

The chief economist at the Department of Finance said there is no doubt that some jobs won’t exist in the future with the advance of artificial intelligence (AI) following a stark warning last month over the emerging technology.

John McCarthy was speaking on Wednesday after comments he made at the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) conference in January warning that AI now presented a “severe” vulnerability to Ireland’s economy in the medium to long-term.

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