Three in four Brazilians think AI will ‘steal’ their jobs

A significant portion of the Brazilian population fears that artificial intelligence (AI) will change their professional fields and perhaps even threaten their jobs. This is one of the results of a survey published by Page Interim, a PageGroup company that hires outsourced or temporary professionals.

The study shows that 76.6% of Brazilians believe AI will impact their current job in some way. This level of concern is higher than other countries participating in the talks, such as Mexico (68%), Peru (66%), Colombia (65%), Chile (63%) and Argentina (63%).

Brazilians also came to the fore Professionals who mostly use artificial intelligence as a tool to search for a new job — the index fell behind Mexico at 46.9%, at 48.7%.

In this case, interviewees claim to use smart platforms or services to personalize applications to save time on searches and optimize tasks. They also I adopted artificial intelligence to find more advantageous or relevant vacancies This Improve some aspects of your CV or interview preparation.

Unemployment is not the only problem of artificial intelligence

Also, according to the research; 61.5% of Latin Americans see potential benefits of AI in their field of work despite “significant risks”. Only 3% think technology is overrated today and will not have such a meaningful impact.

The Page Interim survey also reveals that despite all the excitement about this technology, there is still a long way to go in terms of its popularity. Among the total number of people interviewed, 50.4% have heard of AI but still don’t know all its uses.

In extremes, 25.4 percent of the interviewed people are “not aware” the subject, by the way 24.2% ensure they are already at least familiar with it with techniques.

Among those already connected to the subject, Top concerns about AI are unemployment, privacy and data security. The issue of job elimination was the most frequently cited issue in all countries except Argentina. “ethical implications” It was evaluated as the greatest risk.

The research was conducted with a sample of 5,354 professionals spread across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Panama.