雖然有證據表明,老板們已經計劃用人工智能取代員工,但微軟依舊認為,人工智能將使工作者變得更好,而不是將其淘汰,并且在商界早已出現了人工智能與工作者的聯盟。
最近幾個月,ChatGPT等人工智能系統已經證明它們能夠處理許多任務,因此被計算機搶走工作變成了一個實實在在的問題。涉及重復性任務或行政支持的工作,被取代的風險最高,但微軟在周二發布的一份調查報告顯示,只有49%的工作者擔心因為人工智能失業。
這個比例看起來很高,但有70%的工作者表示,他們準備盡可能將所有瑣碎的工作交給人工智能。
微軟為該報告調查了31個國家在不同行業和辦公環境下的31,000名工作者。今年1月,微軟宣布向ChatGPT的開發者OpenAI投資100億美元,在人工智能領域引起軒然大波,該科技巨頭將在生成式人工智能市場與谷歌(Google)針鋒相對展開競爭。3月,微軟發布人工智能驅動的新版搜索引擎必應,并發布了一系列優化辦公軟件的人工智能工具。
微軟CEO薩蒂亞·納德拉形容人工智能是“好的破壞者”,他表示人工智能技術可以創造更多就業崗位,并提高就業滿意度。公司的最新報告似乎證明了納德拉的觀點。報告中列舉了人工智能重塑業務的方式,以及公司領導者們應該做好準備的三條見解:關注工作日的非生產性部分,幫助員工擺脫極端倦怠狀態,要求員工掌握借助人工智能輔助工作的更多知識。
納德拉在一份聲明中表示:“新一代人工智能將讓工作變得不再單調乏味,并釋放人們的創造力。人工智能驅動的工具有很大機會幫助減少數字債務,培養人工智能能力,并讓員工變得更強大?!?/p>
微軟的人工智能助手夢
幾個月來,微軟一直將人工智能宣傳為“智能副駕”,可以協助員工工作,而且其最新報告顯示,微軟確實在探索如何將人工智能整合成為一款辦公助手。
報告的第一個重要結論是,人工智能可以幫助公司減少“數字債務”,即影響公司生產率的日積月累的信息、電子郵件和會議邀請函等。約三分之二調查受訪者表示,他們在工作中很難找到不受打擾的時間和精力完成最重要的工作,并且更有可能因此影響其創造力。
在遠程辦公時期,會議和其他行政任務日益增多,一些公司最近禁用了日歷邀請,因為它占用了員工太多時間,例如Shopify在1月取消了76,500小時的公司固定活動。微軟認為,人工智能可以將每一次會議和錯過的信息轉變成“數字制品”,員工可以隨時重復查看,并且可以在人工智能的輔助下確定最重要的部分,因此可提高員工的工作效率。
根據微軟的第二個重要研究結果,減少繁瑣枯燥的工作量還可以避免職業倦怠。在疫情期間,職業倦怠在美國上班族中普遍存在。報告發現,超過70%的上班族愿意利用人工智能幫助處理行政、分析甚至創意任務,有76%的工作者稱人工智能可以協助提出新想法,從而有助于“提高創造力”。
報告稱,“人工智能與工作者的聯盟”可以為公司創造更多價值,同時幫助工作者獲得更大的成就感。
人工智能依舊是工作者面臨的風險
報告的第三條結論稱,要充分享受人工智能帶來的好處,更多員工需要掌握“人工智能能力”。超過80%的公司領導者表示,員工需要掌握使用人工智能的新技能,除了為ChatGPT等生成式人工智能系統撰寫準確的提示詞外,還包括情商、編輯技能和識別偏見的能力。
報告指出,隨著了解如何與人工智能互動成為雇主急需的技能,過去一年,LinkedIn上提及GPT的美國招聘崗位數量增加了79%。ResumeBuilder在4月的調查發現,約90%正在招聘的公司希望求職者具備ChatGPT使用經驗。
第三條見解強調了如果人工智能沒有搶走你的工作,可能有精通人工智能的人將你取而代之。
ChatGPT的開發者OpenAI在3月的一項研究發現,美國約20%的工作崗位在近期內會有50%甚至更多任務受到影響。但研究發現,人工智能會影響80%的勞動力至少10%的工作任務,這凸顯出掌握借助人工智能輔助工作的技能,對于大多數工作者的重要性。(財富中文網)
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
雖然有證據表明,老板們已經計劃用人工智能取代員工,但微軟依舊認為,人工智能將使工作者變得更好,而不是將其淘汰,并且在商界早已出現了人工智能與工作者的聯盟。
最近幾個月,ChatGPT等人工智能系統已經證明它們能夠處理許多任務,因此被計算機搶走工作變成了一個實實在在的問題。涉及重復性任務或行政支持的工作,被取代的風險最高,但微軟在周二發布的一份調查報告顯示,只有49%的工作者擔心因為人工智能失業。
這個比例看起來很高,但有70%的工作者表示,他們準備盡可能將所有瑣碎的工作交給人工智能。
微軟為該報告調查了31個國家在不同行業和辦公環境下的31,000名工作者。今年1月,微軟宣布向ChatGPT的開發者OpenAI投資100億美元,在人工智能領域引起軒然大波,該科技巨頭將在生成式人工智能市場與谷歌(Google)針鋒相對展開競爭。3月,微軟發布人工智能驅動的新版搜索引擎必應,并發布了一系列優化辦公軟件的人工智能工具。
微軟CEO薩蒂亞·納德拉形容人工智能是“好的破壞者”,他表示人工智能技術可以創造更多就業崗位,并提高就業滿意度。公司的最新報告似乎證明了納德拉的觀點。報告中列舉了人工智能重塑業務的方式,以及公司領導者們應該做好準備的三條見解:關注工作日的非生產性部分,幫助員工擺脫極端倦怠狀態,要求員工掌握借助人工智能輔助工作的更多知識。
納德拉在一份聲明中表示:“新一代人工智能將讓工作變得不再單調乏味,并釋放人們的創造力。人工智能驅動的工具有很大機會幫助減少數字債務,培養人工智能能力,并讓員工變得更強大?!?/p>
微軟的人工智能助手夢
幾個月來,微軟一直將人工智能宣傳為“智能副駕”,可以協助員工工作,而且其最新報告顯示,微軟確實在探索如何將人工智能整合成為一款辦公助手。
報告的第一個重要結論是,人工智能可以幫助公司減少“數字債務”,即影響公司生產率的日積月累的信息、電子郵件和會議邀請函等。約三分之二調查受訪者表示,他們在工作中很難找到不受打擾的時間和精力完成最重要的工作,并且更有可能因此影響其創造力。
在遠程辦公時期,會議和其他行政任務日益增多,一些公司最近禁用了日歷邀請,因為它占用了員工太多時間,例如Shopify在1月取消了76,500小時的公司固定活動。微軟認為,人工智能可以將每一次會議和錯過的信息轉變成“數字制品”,員工可以隨時重復查看,并且可以在人工智能的輔助下確定最重要的部分,因此可提高員工的工作效率。
根據微軟的第二個重要研究結果,減少繁瑣枯燥的工作量還可以避免職業倦怠。在疫情期間,職業倦怠在美國上班族中普遍存在。報告發現,超過70%的上班族愿意利用人工智能幫助處理行政、分析甚至創意任務,有76%的工作者稱人工智能可以協助提出新想法,從而有助于“提高創造力”。
報告稱,“人工智能與工作者的聯盟”可以為公司創造更多價值,同時幫助工作者獲得更大的成就感。
人工智能依舊是工作者面臨的風險
報告的第三條結論稱,要充分享受人工智能帶來的好處,更多員工需要掌握“人工智能能力”。超過80%的公司領導者表示,員工需要掌握使用人工智能的新技能,除了為ChatGPT等生成式人工智能系統撰寫準確的提示詞外,還包括情商、編輯技能和識別偏見的能力。
報告指出,隨著了解如何與人工智能互動成為雇主急需的技能,過去一年,LinkedIn上提及GPT的美國招聘崗位數量增加了79%。ResumeBuilder在4月的調查發現,約90%正在招聘的公司希望求職者具備ChatGPT使用經驗。
第三條見解強調了如果人工智能沒有搶走你的工作,可能有精通人工智能的人將你取而代之。
ChatGPT的開發者OpenAI在3月的一項研究發現,美國約20%的工作崗位在近期內會有50%甚至更多任務受到影響。但研究發現,人工智能會影響80%的勞動力至少10%的工作任務,這凸顯出掌握借助人工智能輔助工作的技能,對于大多數工作者的重要性。(財富中文網)
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Despite evidence that bosses are already planning to replace their workers with artificial intelligence, Microsoft is insisting the technology will make workers better instead of obsolete, claiming that an alliance between A.I. and workers is already taking root in the business world.
Losing your job to a computer has become a real concern in recent months, as useful A.I. systems like ChatGPT have proved adept at a number of tasks. Jobs that involve repetitive tasks or administrative support might be at the highest risk of disruption, but it turns out only 49% of workers are worried about losing their jobs to A.I., according to a survey by Microsoft published Tuesday.
That might seem high, but a higher share of employees—70%—said they were prepared to delegate all the busywork they could to A.I.
Microsoft surveyed 31,000 workers in 31 countries across a variety of industry and office settings for the report. The company has been making a big splash in A.I. since announcing a $10 billion investment in ChatGPT creator OpenAI in January, and the giant is going head-to-head with Google in the generative A.I. market. In March, Microsoft released an A.I.-powered version of its search engine, Bing, and has launched a series of A.I. tools designed to optimize its suite of office applications.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has framed A.I. as the good kind of disruptor, saying the technology will lead to more job creation and satisfaction. The company’s new report appears to justify Nadella’s claims, outlining the ways A.I. could reshape business as well as three insights for business leaders to prepare: taking care of nonproductive parts of the workday, rescuing workers from extreme burnout, and requiring employees to acquire a deeper knowledge of how to work alongside A.I.
“This new generation of AI will remove the drudgery of work and unleash creativity,” Nadella said in a statement. “There’s an enormous opportunity for AI-powered tools to help alleviate digital debt, build AI aptitude, and empower employees.”
Microsoft’s A.I. assistant dream
For months, Microsoft has championed A.I. as a “copilot” that can assist employees in the workplace, and its new report suggests companies are indeed exploring how to integrate A.I. as an in-office assistant.
The report’s first major takeaway was that A.I. can help companies clear away their “digital debt,” the accumulation of information, emails, and meeting invites that are hampering productivity. Around two-thirds of survey respondents said they were struggling to find uninterrupted time and energy to do the most important parts of their jobs while at work, and were more likely to report their creativity suffering as a result.
Meetings and other administrative tasks have piled up in the age of remote work, and some companies have recently cracked down on calendar invites taking up too much of their employees’ time, such as Shopify, which in January eliminated 76,500 hours worth of fixed company events. Microsoft argued A.I. could improve this aspect of work by turning every meeting and missed bit of information into a “digital artifact” that employees could return to when they want and, with A.I.’s assistance, identify the most important parts.
Reducing the amount of busywork in a day would also help alleviate the burnout epidemic that has ripped through American employees during the pandemic, Microsoft said in its second key finding. The report found that over 70% of workers were willing to tap A.I. to help with administrative, analytical, and even creative tasks, while 76% said A.I. could help “enhance creativity” by helping come up with new ideas.
The report called it an “A.I.-employee alliance” that would help create more value for businesses while creating more fulfilling careers for workers.
A.I. is still a risk to workers
But to fully embrace the benefits of A.I., more employees will need to gain “A.I. aptitude,” the report said, in its third takeaway. More than 80% of business leaders said their employees required new skills to use A.I., which in addition to knowing how to write strong prompts for generative systems like ChatGPT, also include emotional intelligence, editing skills, and the ability to detect bias.
The report pointed out that the number of U.S. job postings on LinkedIn that mention GPT have risen 79% over the past year, as knowledge of how to interact with A.I. becomes an in-demand skill for employers. An April study by ResumeBuilder found that around 90% of companies hiring at the time were looking for candidates with experience using ChatGPT.
The third insight highlights how even if A.I. doesn’t steal your job, another candidate who is an expert in using A.I. could.
Around 20% of U.S. jobs will likely see 50% or more of their tasks impacted in the near future, according to a March study by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. But A.I. will affect at least 10% of tasks for as many as 80% of the workforce, the study found, underlining the importance of acquiring skills in working alongside A.I. for the majority of workers.