Singapore Workers to Face Faster AI Impact Than Global Peers, Says ESR Committee

Propaganda 😂😂😂

I heard we will not need so many CNA reporter in the future too. AI can do the report😂

Singapore university teaching IT. I wonder how do the lecturers feel today. Do they ask, why are we teaching coding to students who …..I mean….AI will…..I mean….programming for what? 😅

Heard ESR Committee can be replaced by AI quickly too, can we invite more caliber folks with proposed solutions than just "commenting"

Many jobs can be redundant but I doubt Singapore has this ability to implement AI to this excellent level. I don't see how many citizens have the culture, habit, ability and skills to Question the Status Quo. It's decades of ownself socially engineered ownself to Self Censure beyond repair😅
Questioning policies is like Blasphemy, to many

We must frame it that if jobs are lostz we don't blame policy makers. We can frame it that it's "Voluntary"? Can?😅

I doubt AI can make civil servants redundant😅

“These are experts?” More like people taking the easiest possible shortcut by blaming AI for every layoff headline they see. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently called linking AI directly to job cuts a “lazy narrative,” and honestly, that perfectly describes this entire discussion.

Apparently, it is much easier to point fingers at AI than to talk about bad executive decisions, weak leadership, bloated middle management, poor business models, outsourcing, economic slowdowns, or companies that spent years overhiring without any real long term strategy. Suddenly every corporate mistake gets magically rebranded as “AI disruption” because it sounds modern and makes leadership look less responsible.

What is even more ironic is that many of these so called experts barely understand how AI is actually being used inside companies. Most businesses are not replacing entire departments overnight with robots. They are using AI to automate repetitive tasks, improve efficiency, and help employees become more productive. Technology has always done this. The internet did it. Cloud computing did it. Automation did it. But somehow now, every single layoff becomes a dramatic “AI apocalypse” story because fear generates clicks and attention.

Jensen Huang was right to call it a lazy narrative because it avoids the harder and more uncomfortable conversation about poor management decisions and corporate greed. Blaming AI is convenient. It gives executives a modern sounding excuse and gives panelists an easy talking point without requiring any serious analysis.

At this point, blaming AI for every layoff is like blaming calculators for bad accountants. It is not expert insight. It is intellectual laziness pretending to be expertise.

My candid observation is that if Singapore does not reduce its reliance on migrant workers and questionable foreign talent, many young local talents may end up depending on social financial assistance and vouchers just to get by. In that situation, we should not be surprised if the TFR continues to decline.
If the government wants the best of both worlds — attracting foreign talent while also ensuring that every local has access to stable employment — then it should consider strengthening policies such as the Workfare Income Supplement scheme. For example, employers could cover 50% of a Singaporean worker’s wages, while the government supports the remaining 50%.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a prominent scapegoat for politicians and business leaders to explain away economic anxieties, job losses, and self-inflicted policy failures.

AI is a distraction from failed policies. High taxes are driving inflation and threatening business, while surging, low-cost labor imports compound the crisis of mass layoffs.

To maximize profits, many employers prioritize low-cost labor, sometimes employing individuals with questionable qualifications simply to meet bureaucratic requirements.

Despite years of stagnant wage growth, Singapore’s Employment Pass (EP) threshold remains low at only S$5,600 per month for foreign professionals.

While this keeps businesses operational, it creates unfair competition, suppresses local wages, and displaces Singaporean workers.

Consequently, this creates financial strain in later years and increases the necessity for elderly residents to continue working.

To help the ruling party develop sounder policies for Singapore, citizens should consider voting for more opposition members to ensure a more balanced Parliament, particularly in addressing the high cost of living and low TFR.

Can lor, advance AI at the cost of the people. Then watch your birth rate drop into the longkang

Below info. are generated using AI tool. Many people talking about AI like they are expert but do they really know what is AI. LOL

AI can replace some parts of jobs, but it usually does not fully replace most jobs end-to-end. What tends to happen in practice is job reshaping rather than total elimination.

Where AI can replace jobs or roles

AI is strong at tasks that are:

Repetitive and routine
Based on patterns and large data
Low need for human judgment or empathy

Examples:

Data entry and basic admin work
Simple customer service (chatbots handling FAQs)
Basic report generation or document summarisation
Some manufacturing and quality inspection tasks

In these cases, entire roles may shrink or disappear over time.

Where AI is unlikely to fully replace humans

Jobs requiring:

Human judgment and accountability
Creativity and original thinking
Emotional intelligence (care, negotiation, leadership)
Complex real-world decision making

Examples:

Doctors (AI assists, but doesn’t replace responsibility)
Nurses and caregivers
Managers and leaders
Skilled trades (electricians, plumbers)
Strategic IT and cybersecurity roles
What is actually happening in reality

Most jobs are becoming “AI-assisted” jobs:

For example:

Accountants use AI to detect anomalies faster
Software engineers use AI to write and debug code
Marketers use AI to generate content drafts
Cybersecurity teams use AI to detect threats faster

So instead of:

“AI replaces humans”

It’s more accurate to say:

“Humans who use AI replace humans who don’t”

The key impact on jobs
Some roles shrink or disappear (especially repetitive ones)
New roles are created (AI specialists, data roles, automation engineers)
Most existing jobs change and require new skills
Simple way to think about it

AI is more like:

A tool (like Excel or the internet)
not
A full replacement for human workers

The good-for-nothing government party is building more condos for foreigners working in Singapore and building more HDB flats for new citizens, while Singaporeans are forced to serve NS to protect foreigners and foreign workers in Singapore, and protect PR and new citizens.

The good for nothing government party is wasting electricity by putting more than one thousand machines around Singapore running 24hr to collect back empty plastic bottles.

The good-for-nothing government party create more jobs for foreigners and foreign workers working in Singapore, and for PR and new citizens, while Singaporeans are forced to serve NS to protect these foreigners and foreign workers, and PR and new citizens.

Nothing good is going to come out from the government party big mouth, their big mouth are use for keeping their own self collect own self highest pay.

But Singapore cannot have nuclear plant because people from overseas are waiting " to do something bad " on the nuclear plant

Also more toxic food and toxic jabs are coming into Singapore

Families and firms said it is time the government release the singapore reserve money and gold bars to help them in this difficult "war on Iran" time.

The supersonic tsunami is coming, now we just wait and see just how crazy Tesla Optimus robots along with macrohard agents begin reshaping capitalism. UBI will come 100%

Judgement is harder to replace.
Ask: Singapore Decision Intelligence

U are saying that in a department of 50workers.U would need only 5 workers and 2 AI to do the same job? And out of the 5 workers, 3 would be foreigners?

Talk, talk and more empty talk.

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very boomer like

thanks for the 70%, continue it. stop yapping and complaining if you choose them. suck thumb lolxxxx

hearing from a Minister who thinks and says everyone in the world is idiotic except him? Who is more idiotic and spastic??

AI is best use by replacing our incompetent politicians! PAP only know how to talk but do nothing!

Basically they’re saying our unemployment rate gonna hit the roof because they got every singaporean into university and now telling them to drive grab and deliver foodpanda to get by, but then why waste 5-7 years of tertiary education to do this kind of low level work when u can do it right after O levels

PAP already replacing workers with foreigners