According to LinkedIn’s most recent Future of Work report, Singaporean workers are the world’s fastest adopters of artificial intelligence skills.
According to the survey, which used data from 25 nations, Singapore had the highest “diffusion rate”; the proportion of users who added AI capabilities to their profiles increased 20 times since January 2016.
According to LinkedIn, that is much more than the eight times global average.
According to the survey, the top five nations with the highest rates of AI skills dissemination are Finland (16x), Ireland (15x), India (14x), and Canada (13x).
Singapore has always been a “fertile ground” for AI disruption, according to Pooja Chhabria, a career specialist and the Asia-Pacific head of LinkedIn’s editorial division.
She attributed this to the nation’s excellent digital infrastructure, strong intellectual property protection laws, and a thriving ecosystem of venture capital firms, angel investors, and other sources of funding.
Over the years, entrepreneurs and companies have driven a rapid increase in AI development and use in an effort to carve out new markets or gain a competitive advantage.
‘Potentially augmentable’ AI skills
According to LinkedIn, the five AI-related skills that were added to member profiles the fastest in 2022 were all those that “hinted at the emergence of generative AI.”
This includes categorization and recommender systems, as well as skills like question-answering, which increased by a staggering 332%.
A new surge of interest in generative AI (GAI) technology was spurred by the chatbot ChatGPT over the past year, and Big Tech companies like Google and Microsoft have since sought to integrate AI into every aspect of their operations.
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn introduced in May features that let users construct user profiles, job descriptions, and recruiter messages using AI.
However, the capacity of generative AI to produce text, images, and other content in response to human input has given rise to fresh concerns about the threat of technological job replacement.
According to a Goldman Sachs estimate, 300 million jobs, including office and administrative support positions, might be impacted globally by AI and automation.
According to LinkedIn, which examined some of the most popular vocations on the network, 45% of teachers’ talents, for example, are “potentially augmentable” by generative AI.
According to LinkedIn, new GAI tools provide the ability to reduce workloads and assist professionals, such as teachers, in concentrating on the most crucial aspects of their jobs.
Lesson planning, curriculum creation, literacy, and tutoring are among the teaching skills that could be augmented, according to the research.
But 53% of a teacher’s skills, like managing a classroom, teaching young children, and working with special needs students, must still be handled by humans.
Share of skills potentially augmentable by generative AI
Software engineer: 96%
Customer service rep: 76%
Cashier: 59%
Salesperson: 59%
Teacher: 45%
Event manager: 39%
Only 3% of a software engineer’s skills require human assistance.
The way that many of us carry out our professions and the amount of time we devote to tasks that may benefit from generative AI will undoubtedly alter as a result of AI, Chhabria continued.
People skills, such as innovative thinking, leadership, and communication, as well as assuring ethical outcomes, are therefore also becoming more and more crucial.
The ability to communicate more successfully with business and non-technical audiences is one of the primary ways that software engineers can apply their people skills, she continued.
The jobs with the lowest percentage of potentially augmentable abilities, according to LinkedIn, are oil field operator (1%), environmental health safety specialist (3%), nurse (6%) and doctor (7%).
The human being is always in control
Soft skills are becoming more crucial as AI starts to automate many aspects of the workforce, according to LinkedIn.
According to the research, self-management, adaptability, professional ethics, and social awareness have seen the fastest increases in demand in the U.S. since November 2022.
Analytical judgement, flexibility, and emotional intelligence were identified to be the three top abilities that leaders believe are crucial in Microsoft’s 2023 Work Trend Index survey.
With an artificial intelligence-generated response, you have a brief period to decide whether you wish to keep the material. Do I wish to change it? Do I want to toss it? Microsoft 365 general manager and “future of work” expert Colette Stallbaumer said.
When deciding when to use AI and making those decisions, you still need to apply your judgement; this is really where human agency enters the picture.
Microsoft added that emotional intelligence is essential in determining when to use an AI capability rather than a human skill.
