SUSTAINABILITY
Addressing skills gaps As job security fears persist amid the rise of AI, the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals says the UK alone is facing a green skills gap of roughly 200,000 workers.
What’ s more, there appears to exist a critical disconnect between the advanced AI capabilities companies need to scale and those currently possessed by the workforce.
Adam notes that, while some jobs will be impacted by AI, new jobs will be created:“ There’ s a lot of concern out there about AI in the workforce, but that’ s not new.
There’ s always been a fear over technology and automation, and actually, over the years, it’ s just not panned out.
“ There was a big study that said radiologists would be wiped out because technology’ s going to do it all, but now we have more radiologists than ever.”
He goes on to say that AI, in many cases, is“ augmenting”, allowing people to focus on adding value rather than sifting through data. Mark suggests the implementation of AI will bring benefits across the workforce as projects become more complex:“ There’ s a misconception on what the required skills are to deliver some of those big projects.
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