Up to 74% of Indian workers say they are concerned about losing their employment to artificial intelligence, according to Microsoft’s Work Trend Index 2023 research. However, 83% of workers stated they would assign as much work to AI as feasible in order to lessen their workloads, says the report.
According to the Microsoft report, more than three-quarters of Indian workers would feel at ease utilizing AI. About 86% workers would use AI for administrative activities, 88% for analytical work and 87% for creative aspects of their employment.
Additionally, 100% of Indian creative people who are very familiar with AI would feel at ease using it in their creative work. The survey also found that Indian managers are 1.6 times more likely to believe that AI would increase productivity rather than reduce headcount in the workplace.
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According to Bhaskar Basu, Country Head – Modern Work, Microsoft India, “AI promises to be the largest change to work in our lives as the nature of employment changes. The next generation of AI will unleash a new wave of productivity growth, removing the tedium from our jobs and liberating us to rediscover the joy of creation.”
New fundamental competencies like prompt engineering will be essential for all employees to have in their daily lives, not only AI professionals. Up to 90% of Indian employers claim that the new abilities needed to prepare for the development of AI will be required of the workers they hire. According to the report, 78% of Indian workers claim they do not currently possess the necessary skills to complete their work.
