**Key points:**
1. Nobel Prize winner Christopher Pissarides warned the younger generation: Choose STEM majors carefully because AI may take over the task.
2.pissarides believes that in a future where AI automates more analytical tasks, empathy and creative skills in areas such as communication, customer service and healthcare will become even more important.
3. Despite the strong demand for STEM majors, traditional personal skills will still dominate positions in the hotel industry, medical and other fields, and are far less likely to be replaced by technology, especially AI, than in the technology field.
Webmaster’s Home (chinaz.com) January 3 News: Recently, Nobel Prize winner in economics Christopher Pissarides issued a warning to the younger generation, saying that those considering studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) should re- consider. A professor at the London School of Economics, Pissarides believes there will be a greater emphasis on empathy and creative skills in the future as AI takes over more analytical tasks. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010.
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pissarides explained that the skills needed to collect, organize and develop data for AI development today will become obsolete as AI takes over these tasks. He noted that in some IT professions, "seeds of self-destruction" have been sown.
Despite the high demand for STEM professionals, the labor market will continue to be dominated by positions that require more traditional and personal skills. In the longer term, areas such as communications, customer service and healthcare will require management skills, creativity and empathy. Pissarides said these jobs are unlikely to be replaced by technology, especially AI.
There are many recent predictions about how AI will change the job market. A study presented by OpenAI in late March concluded that large language models with tool access would impact about 80% of the U.S. workforce and about 10% of jobs.
In its "Future of Jobs 2023" report released in May, the World Economic Forum said that employers expect about a quarter (23%) of jobs to undergo structural changes in the next five years, including supply chain and transportation, media, Sectors such as entertainment and sports will be most affected. In early August, the Pew Research Center predicted that about 19% of jobs may be significantly affected by AI, especially high-skilled and high-paying jobs, which is similar to OpenAI's research results.
Additionally, there have been reports on social media of editors or artists complaining about falling budgets. Pissarides’s views triggered profound thinking about the future of STEM majors, making people begin to re-evaluate the balance between technology and humanistic qualities in the future workplace.
