AI anxiety: workers fret over uncertain future
The Hindu
The tidal wave of AI has generated deep anxiety among workers fearful of job loss.
The tidal wave of artificial intelligence (AI) barrelling toward many professions has generated deep anxiety among workers fearful that their jobs will be swept away - and the mental health impact is rising.
The launch in November 2022 of ChatGPT, the generative AI platform capable of handling complex tasks on command, was a tech landmark as AI started to transform the workplace.
"Anything new and unknown is anxiety-producing," Clare Gustavsson, a New York therapist whose patients have shared concerns about AI, told AFP.
"The technology is growing so fast, it is hard to gain sure footing."
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Legal assistants, programmers, accountants and financial advisors are among those professions feeling threatened by generative AI that can quickly create human-like prose, computer code, articles or expert insight.
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