Women Workers Will Be Most Hit Once AI Becomes the Norm

The adoption of AI could take a toll on women's employment, over the next ten years, says a recent report by McKinsey global institute McKinsey Global Institute report "The future of women at work: Transitions in the age of automation, published earlier this year says the adoption of AI could take a toll on women's employment. It has found that the world's ten economies, – Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., the U.S., China, India, Mexico, and South America- that collectively contribute over 60% of GDP of the world, will be severely affected by AI adoption, especially for women's employment. The report says, "an average of 20% of women working today (107 million) could find their jobs displaced by 2030. That's compared with 21% of men (163 million) in the same period". As she spoke about the research at MIT Technology Review's EmTech MIT conference at the MIT Media Lab, Krishnan said that almost 90% of the jobs that are repetitive can be automated, in about 10% of occupations.