AI for Good Webinar - Workers' Exposure to AI Across Development Stages.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering workplaces around the world, sparking intense debate about which workers are most exposed and where the labour market effects will be felt first by AI . Much of this discussion focuses on occupations, assuming that " AI-exposed jobs " look the same across countries. But they do not. Workers in the same occupation often perform very different tasks depending on their country's level of development, technology adoption, digital infrastructure, and available skills . This event is organized as part of ITU's AI for Good Series . This presentation introduces the first global, task-adjusted measure of workers' AI exposure, covering 108 countries and representing nearly 90% of the world's employment. Using international survey data from the OECD, the World Bank, and the China Urban Labor Survey, the study reveals striking differences in how work is structured across development levels. AI exposure rises sharply with G...
