"Some occupational groups"

AI will not have an impact on the job market for years

Artificial intelligence is currently catching on like wildfire - even in image processing, as can be seen here - more or less well.(Bild: top images - stock.adobe.com)

Artificial intelligence is currently catching on like wildfire both privately and in companies. The tipping point was programs such as ChatGPT, which can independently create texts, images and now also videos at a good and rapidly improving level. So far, no company has laid off employees as a result.

In the "five to ten-year horizon", however, it would "naturally affect some professional groups", says Thomas Mück, President of the Computer Society (OGC).

On the one hand, the boom in AI could partially compensate for the baby boomers leaving the labor market, but at the same time it will make it more difficult for young people to enter the workforce, especially in areas such as the creative industries.

Artificial intelligence is currently catching on like wildfire - even in image processing, as can be seen here - more or less well.(Bild: top images - stock.adobe.com)

"Those who use AI have a competitive advantage"
According to a conservative estimate, the programs that are currently running under generative artificial intelligence (AI) - i.e. creating new content - could save around 1.5 hours of net time in a 40-hour week, he estimates. Those who can use AI have a competitive advantage.

Soon only basic models will be free?
The fact that generative AI is available free of charge for private individuals and at low cost for companies has contributed to its current triumph. However, Mück assumes that this will soon be a thing of the past or will only apply to basic models.