Will AI take our jobs?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Will AI take our jobs?
Position‹2 of 3›: Partially: AI will take many jobs, but not all of them
Argument1 of 2›: AI has already taken many jobs

AI is capable of undertaking lots of human jobs and tasks, but overall humans are still preferred

The argument

Certain factories have already successfully replaced 90% of their human workforce and AI performs complex tasks such as navigating air transit, performing medical diagnoses, and composing new types of music - but most jobs are still for humans. Even in industries where automation represents a cheaper option than human labour, it only takes up a certain percentage of the available work. In supermarkets, self-checkouts are almost always accompanied by human assistants and a series of human checkout workers. While automation may look as though it's close to taking over, in reality it will only ever supplement human work.

Premises

[P1]AI has already taken many jobs—some factories have replaced 90% of their human workforce, and AI now performs complex tasks like navigating air transit and making medical diagnoses. [P2] Yet even where automation is cheaper, it only takes a certain percentage of available work: supermarket self-checkouts are still accompanied by human assistants and checkout staff, so automation supplements rather than replaces human labour. [C] Therefore AI will take many jobs, but not all of them.

Counter-arguments

While this may be the case now, what happens when the price of automated work becomes significantly lower than the price of human labour? Why would companies continue to employ humans when self-checkouts are faster, cheaper, and easier?

Rejecting the premises

P1 - This is just the beginning P2 - Human labour will become more expensive while automation gets cheaper P3 - It may not end it straight away, but it could well do in the future