18.3% of workers in Sardinia could see their job at risk due to the development and progressive diffusion of Artificial Intelligence.
The estimate - it is the alarm - comes from Confartigianato , which underlines how «the most exposed professions are the most qualified and with an intellectual and administrative content, starting with information and communication technicians, administrative and commercial managers, specialists in commercial sciences and administration, specialists in science and engineering, public administration managers, while among the work activities at lower risk there are those with a non-standardized manual component».
Always according to the Confartigianato survey "the expansion of artificial intelligence undermines 25.4% of workers entering companies in 2022, equal to 1.3 million people".
For small businesses with up to 49 employees, the share is 22.2%, equal to 729,000 people. But in total in Italy there will be more than 8 million workers at risk in each sector.
As regards the region-by-region data, «the highest percentage of personnel in the balance is recorded in the centre-north, with Lombardy in the lead (35.2% of employees hired in 2022 most exposed to the impact of AI), followed by Lazio ( 32%) , Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta (27%), Campania (25.3%), Emilia Romagna (23.8%), Liguria (23.5%). Followed by the other regions: Sicily (23.2%), Friuli Venezia Giulia (22.9%), Veneto (22.6%), Tuscany (21.1%), Calabria (20.8%), Trentino Alto Adige and Umbria (19.9%), Puglia (19.8%), Molise (18.6%), Marche (18.4%), the aforementioned Sardinia (18.3%), Abruzzo (17.5 %) and finally Basilicata (16.7%).
«Artificial intelligence - continues Confartigianato - is the weapon that companies are exploiting to optimize their activities. In particular, 6.9% of our small companies use robots, exceeding the 4.6% of the European average and, in particular, doubling the 3.5% of Germany. Furthermore, 5.3% of SMEs use artificial intelligence systems and 13% plan to make investments in the application of AI in the near future».
«Artificial intelligence - comments the president of Confartigianato Marco Granelli - is a means, not the end. It shouldn't be feared, but governed by artisan intelligence to make it a tool capable of enhancing the creativity and inimitable skills of our entrepreneurs. There is no robot or algorithm that can copy the artisan knowledge and simulate the soul of the beautiful and well-made products and services that make Made in Italy unique in the world».
(Unioneonline/lf)