Female-dominated careers among most exposed to AI disruption

Most US workers in jobs exposed to AI are also relatively well placed to adapt if disruption leads to displacement, according to research summarized by the Brookings Institution. However, there are some careers with high percentages of female workers that are in a bad position.

Brookings' analysis of a study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, released this week, argues that while many previous assessments have focused on how "exposed" different occupations are to AI, they often overlook what it calls "a critical dimension: workers' ability to adapt if job loss does occur."

That ability to adapt was based on more obvious factors, such as age and financial security, as well as other issues such as union membership, geography, and the state of local labor markets.

Once these factors were taken into consideration, the researchers concluded that “Of the 37.1 million U.S. workers in the top quartile ...