Computerworld February 24, 2025
A report from the Brookings Institution claims generative AI will disrupt workers in high-tech regions of the US more than it affects workers in businesses scattered across the country.
A new Brookings Institution report on generative AI (genAI) found that the more highly skilled a tech worker is, the more vulnerable they are to having their jobs supplemented by the technology.
That differs dramatically from past automation technologies that primarily displaced low-skilled or physical laborers, according to Brookings, a Washington-based nonprofit public policy research firm.
While IT workers can be found in virtually any organization today, genAI will have its greatest impact on jobs in high-tech geographical regions such as Silicon Valley, Seattle, WA., and Cambridge, MA., where highly skilled...