HUMHUM-005 — Workforce Displacement Anxiety
AI-Driven Labour Displacement Threatens Mass Unemployment Across Income Bands
5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI automation is projected to substitute low- and middle-income roles at scale, outpacing workforce absorption capacity amid demographic decline. Boards face reputational, regulatory, and social-stability risks if transition strategies and reskilling commitments are not established now.
Domain
Human Factors
Blindspots in change management, skills, human-AI collaboration, trust, workforce, and culture.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — The Rise of Artificial Intelligence - Future Outlooks and Emerging Risks (Allianz2018) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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