Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, estimates that “40% of jobs will be affected” by artificial intelligence worldwide. A number that can go up to 60% in some economies.
According to her, AI will accelerate the digital divide and income disparities between countries. “If the benefits of AI technologies are not distributed thoughtfully, social inequalities could become extremely large, and the social fabric could collapse, with very harmful consequences for the entire world,” she warns .
“We must be able to support those who will fall because their jobs will have been eliminated by AI,” she argues. In particular, she cites older generations, who she says may need support to catch up in the tech world.
An increasingly supervised AI
Last December, the European Union voted for the AI Act, a piece of legislation aimed at regulating the use of new technologies using artificial intelligence, particularly in the event of a threat to security, life or human rights. AI systems presenting an unacceptable risk to people’s fundamental rights will simply be banned. This regulation is expected to come into force in early 2026, subject to approval by the European Parliament and Council.
In the United States and China, similar regulations have already begun to emerge.
Furthermore, the American cybersecurity center – the NCSC – published a document last November presenting guidelines for developing AI systems in complete security: “Guidelines for secure AI system development”. 16 countries participated in the development of this document, including France and the United States, but also other countries from five continents.
Source: ZDNet Korea