A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research warns that the rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence could significantly impact the United Kingdom’s labor market. The study outlines different phases of AI adoption, noting that administrative, entry-level, and part-time roles are currently the most vulnerable to automation. While a worst-case scenario without government intervention could result in millions of job losses, strategic policy measures could instead prevent displacement and deliver a substantial boost to the national economy.
- Researchers analyzed 22,000 tasks across the UK economy to evaluate the potential impact of generative AI on various job roles.
- The current first wave of AI adoption primarily affects routine cognitive tasks, which disproportionately impacts administrative and secretarial positions held largely by women and entry-level workers.
- In a worst-case scenario with no government policy changes, approximately 8 million UK jobs could be automated as AI technology advances into its second wave.
- In a best-case scenario featuring proactive government support and worker retraining, the transition could result in zero net job losses and boost the UK economy by up to 4%, or roughly £306 billion annually.
- Analysts emphasize that the ultimate economic outcome depends on policy decisions, advocating for an active industrial strategy to ensure the benefits of AI are distributed equitably.
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Mass immigration has destroyed the country. Beyond treason.
Bunch of billionaires and trillionaires deciding what and how the working class should live . They don't even acknowledge that date privacy is important for any human .it's not some numbers for earning profit. It's profit over people with AI
These talks should have happened 3 years back rather than discussing after rolling AI globally
Ai is not taking jobs.
🔴 Those who are very rich say the opposite, but in reality, all normal people (needy, poor, disabled, low income & working class) need serious WELFARE! Affordable cost of living & housing! 💯
The answer to the question is It already has! Amazon layoffs = 30,000 between 2025-2026, Oculus layoffs = 30,000 in 2026, Cisco layoffs = 4,000 in 2026, Wisetech layoffs = 2000 between 2025 -2026 (1/3 of its global staff), Meta layoffs= 8000 in 2026, Wix layoffs = 1000 in 2026 (20% of its workforce). When people can't get jobs everyone loses, governments miss out on millions of potential tax revenue through income tax and VAT because people can't afford to buy things anymore. The economy takes a battering and people go hungry.
I think governments and universities should worry about this.
Political narrative from most major parties is "we need to reduce the welfare bill" all while they back the AI companies to replace everyone's jobs. They're all advocating for the Hunger Games.
Manual workers fine office bods screwed about time too…lazy!
How will AI destroy the job market is a dumb question to be asking
Only those making AI know what it can do and there still pumping Billions in…models out now are possibly from 2 years ago..
Let's keep this simple: AI is out there. It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop!
They will have to heavily tax companies that do this to give to people who they have let go. Eventually it will be a statuary income that everyone will be on through taxation of smaller sized companies that have huge automated output.
Democracy at work places ❤❤❤
I know, lets make a campfire, sing a few songs…
80% of the UK economy is generated from Services. This is the root of the problem, AI is, or will likely be, adept at providing services. In the 70's and early 80's the argument was similarly framed around computers, this is an extension of that same situation, the difference is that in the intervening years the heart of the industrial capacity of the UK has been destroyed.
Is there a plan B? We keep hearing promises (that are later backtracked on). As far as I can tell, AI isn't intelligent, never will be and the industry is a massive bubble that looks set to pop. What's the UK's plan B?
AI is AMAZING when the user steers. It enhances the users intelligence. But now that steering has been sealed off in favor of agents – the error is just too high. Spaghetti code trying to control a prediction engine. I don't see how centralized AI can work. I don't see how the industry can survive the year. What happens to the UK if it's finally forced to admit that it was sold magic beans by snake oil salesmen in silicon valley?
Only humans could create something so disgusting. Like the atom bomb, a.i, chemical weapons. We are an actual parasitic entity
I agree with Mo Gawdat that significant job losses are likely in the coming years. From the perspective of my Zero Work Theory (ZWT), this trend will not only continue but may accelerate, potentially eliminating up to half of today's jobs within the next five years. If such a transformation unfolds, an adequate Universal Basic Income (UBI) may become the only viable mechanism for maintaining economic stability and social welfare.
What I would like to ask those who continually assure the public that new jobs will emerge to replace the lost ones whether in equal or greater numbers is this: what evidence or guarantee can they provide that such large-scale job displacement will not occur? How can they assure people that they are not creating a false sense of security? If 30 percent or more of today's wage earners become permanently unemployed while those making these optimistic predictions continue to profit, what accountability will they accept? What penalty should they bear if their assurances prove wrong and millions are left without livelihoods?
Companies are in competition with each other. If organisations do not remain competitive on price vs output they will lose to those that are. This has happened with every technology.
Banning LLM models usage would be comparable to having banned the introduction of computers to business. As the gentleman in the audience points out with spreadsheets…
If AI replaces humans in large parts of the labour market then ultimately it will need to be taxed to support a basic income for those left unemployed or unemployable, so that they can continue to support the economy . If a company has improved its profits by removing human costs, it should help to subsidise the replaced humans. Either that or start a mass euthanasia programme….
I work with AI every day and it's a life changer. It saves me a ton of time and money. I, for one, have fully embraced it. Yeah, people are going to lose their jobs. Millions of them. But AI is here now and there's no going back.
I have a solution to this problem.
But it's not an easy one. UK is primarily a service driven economy and the one thing an AI can do really well is automate that.
You must pivot, to either Space Exploration (bring in future wealth), Production Economies (Build stuff in the UK), Innovation (Do more Research), Change Policies to keep startups thriving here (I don't know much about what needs to be done here). Look at the nations that already have a deep stake in the above points, and they thrive.
And unemployment is much worse than public figures due to underemployment, unemployment counting as only those looking for a job… not those who have given up.
AI isnt taking jobs. Greed is.
the only cogent one was Mo – the rest was just babble – AI will take jobs and that means less income for those left running a business (someone else's spending = someone else's income at the macro level) so GDP contracts and we go into a recession BUT the UK Govt will have a portal so that you can login and find out which services you can use – dear god – we are so unprepared for this – we dont have the systems thinkers available to us – Darren Jones is just utterly risible as an MP
I believe AI will create and take jobs, like the evolving technology before it, such as non-AI automation, computers, and the Internet. More jobs may be lost rather than created in the short term, but when AI is fully established and integrated into everyday life(like the Internet), it will create more roles than reduce. This is the same process we've seen with technological changes in the past. We're in the transition phase, which is a storm we need to weather carefully.
The main issue I see, as mentioned in this video, is firms using AI to solely downsize their workforce and cut costs rather than grow.
But you all as consumers agreed and voted for outsourcing of jobs abroad which lead to cheaper goods, why suddenly so scared when jobs get out sourced to AI with the view of cheaper goods again? Oh thats right, because it was blue collar male jobs that out sourcing destroyed, now the pen pushers who work in adult day care offices are at risk its suddenly an issue.
Stoke that fear BBC, good for you for getting a couple clicks
If you are working with databases with lots of personal info, and you work with Analytics, I feel that your job is safe because AI doesn't delve into personal or confidential info as companies aren't letting AI deal with that kind of info, so it depends what you are doing. I ask Gemini Enterprise how to write little scripts quite often, but when it comes to joining different tables from disparate databases, it can't do that.