The development of artificial intelligence can particularly negatively affect the situation of women in the labor market – said Gilbert Houngbo, head of the International Labor Organization (ILO), during a peak in Paris on AI. According to the estimates he cited, the development of these technologies is to be able to clash up to 75 million jobs around the world.
AI Action Summit, an international peak dedicated to artificial intelligence. One of the speakers of the event on Monday was Gilbert Houngbo, head of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which is an agenda UN. In his opinion, the automation, which AI will bring at work places, will more affect women's work and threatens to increase sexual inequality.
AI “will increase the gap between men and women”
– We know that most of the works that will automate are those that mainly women do – Houngbo stated during the speech in Paris, noting that artificial intelligence replaces people mainly in office positions where a lot of women are employed disproportionately. – The liquidation of these positions will increase the gap between men and women. This is something to remember – explained the head of ILO. He also cited the data of the International Labor Organization, according to which changes related to the development of AI will affect a total of about 75 million jobs around the world. This number translates into about 2.3 percent. positions.
ILO boss: AI development can particularly affect women Adobestock
“It is not artificial intelligence that will take us a job”
– If companies are able to replace employees with robots, it is very likely that they will do it – said the Togian. According to Houngbo, the development of AI, however, currently contributes to the creation of new jobs than to eliminate positions. However, these works are usually “worse rewarded and less protected”. In this context, the head of the product emphasized how important employee development is. “It is not artificial intelligence that will take a job, but no preparation for developing new competences in the context of AI,” he said.
In the post published later on X (formerly Twitter – ed.) Houngbo added that what he considers to be key from the perspective of “technological transformation management, relieving the issue of dismissals from work and protection of employees” is the involvement of both employees and employers and decision -makers in dialogue on the development of AI. “Politics must focus on using artificial intelligence to support employees, not deteriorate the working conditions,” wrote the head of ILO.
The summit in Paris, whose speaker was on Monday, focuses on the issues of potential benefits and opportunities that the development of artificial intelligence can bring. It is also an opportunity for international dialogue on AI regulation.
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