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Artificial intelligence has, in a short time, taken over 80 percent of the work involved in certain tasks at a Danish company, which is now hiring fewer recent graduates. That will become a societal problem, a chief executive warns – and he also has advice on how employees should deal with the shift.

Executive replaces young people with AI. He himself fears it will become a problem

Halfdan Timm’s work has become much more enjoyable since his workplace, the marketing agency Obsidian, fully embraced artificial intelligence last year. But AI has replaced the hiring of newly graduated colleagues, and that could become a problem, he believes. Foto: Martin Lehmann
Halfdan Timm’s work has become much more enjoyable since his workplace, the marketing agency Obsidian, fully embraced artificial intelligence last year. But AI has replaced the hiring of newly graduated colleagues, and that could become a problem, he believes. Foto: Martin Lehmann

Halfdan Timm er 34 år og var med til at stifte marketingbureauet Obsidian for 10 år siden. Han mener, at vi er ved at overse, at kunstig intelligens vil ramme en generation af unge hårdt, før vi kan tilpasse uddannelser og arbejdsmarked efter det.

Og han har et råd til, hvordan man håndterer udviklingen, hvis man allerede er i en virksomhed, hvor ai overtager flere og flere opgaver.

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