Agentic Automation: What’s next for Jobs
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3117-5481/AIJCST-V6I6P103Keywords:
Agentic Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Workforce Transformation, Future of Work, Job Displacement, Reskilling, Productivity, Human-AI Collaboration, Ethics, InnovationAbstract
Agentic automation those systems which not only perform without human intervention but are also capable of independent decision-making is set to revolutionise the future of work in a very significant manner. The main difference between these agentic systems and the traditional automation that only replaces repetitive tasks is that the former are a new level of autonomy that can be reconfigured, learned, and even planned; consequently, they evoke serious enquiries into the extent of lost jobs and transformed ones simultaneously. Thus, on the one hand, practical decision-making is the most endangered task in the sectors of logistics, finance, and customer support; in this respect, routine or monotonous activities of these areas especially are suggested to be displaced rapidly. Contrarily, the demand for areas such as oversight, design, maintenance, and ethical governance of these systems will require a workforce that is ready to take up the challenge, thus the signal turning from substitution to collaboration. The article puts forward that this change will not be the same in all sectors: knowledge work may be productive due to technology; arts and human-centred professions, in turn, could gain more value as technology will empower rather than substitute them. Policymakers and corporate sectors are urged by the article to deal with the issue in two ways. Firstly, the question of the provision of reskilling and adaptive education to be an integral part of the preparation of the workforce for the forthcoming transformations in the labour market. Secondly, the call for setting up regulations that include among the criteria accountability, fairness, and responsible deployment is just another element in the role puzzle that policymakers will have to juggle. Eventually, agentic automation omnipresence forces us to look at the whole social contract around work in a totally different manner, where technologies do not only remove but also trigger the development of a larger range of skills, roles, and economic opportunities
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