International Labor Organization (ILO) Turkey Director of Turkey, Yasser Hassan, AA correspondent on the effect of artificial intelligence on the labor market, said that artificial intelligence affects working life, and before artificial intelligence, they witnessed the changes that come with technology and digitalization and this is a continuous process.
Hassan emphasized that they closely follow the process in this field in the member states as ILO and stated that the situation varies between countries, regions and continents.
“There are 4-5 professions or sectors that artificial intelligence will affect the most”
Hassan said that I was researching by ILO and that they had some findings.
“There are 4-5 professions or sectors that artificial intelligence will affect the most. The health sector will be one of the most affected by artificial intelligence. In addition to this, administrative works, retail and banking sector will be greatly affected by artificial intelligence. At the same time the manufacturing sector is among these affected areas.”
Pointing out that artificial intelligence will change many things in the working life, Hassan said, “As ILO, our opinion will not completely eliminate artificial intelligence works, but will transform the jobs. Therefore, we need to take into account these issues. What kind of jobs will be eliminated, what kind of jobs will emerge? he said.
“It is not enough to gain new skills, we must ensure the sustainability of competencies”
In this period when artificial intelligence technology developed, Hassan made the following evaluations regarding the skills needed in the labor market:
“65 percent of the children who start primary school will work in jobs that do not exist at the moment. This is directly linked to the effect of digital transformation and artificial intelligence. We need to focus on what skills we need, and to focus on the development of skills. However, there is another important point here.
“The labor force does not have to have digital information or artificial intelligence skills”
Referring to the emergence of a hybrid working system in the future, Hassan said, “Labor force does not have to have digital knowledge, digital skills or artificial intelligence skills. He said.
Hassan pointed out the importance of national strategies in reducing the negative effects of artificial intelligence on the labor force and said:
“I see that this issue in Türkiye is a very priority agenda item. This is not only the government and the employer and workers’ organizations, that is, the triple structure that we work together as ILO. My suggestion is to continue the priority of life -long learning. It will lead to changes, but we will be determined to support our social sides, our capacity, and the consequences of our social dialogue.
