Labour Market & Automation
How AI-driven automation affects employment, skills, and economic security — including who benefits from productivity gains and who is left behind.
Trajectory
Sharpening displacement and political tension
Main driver
AI-driven automation without policy response
Leading actors
National governments (reactive)
State in 2040
Sharp inequality; no retraining policy
Growing dissatisfaction among the population at the loss of jobs due to automation is mentioned as a contributing factor to political tension and demands for regulation, particularly in the late 2020s. AI increasingly takes over manual and repetitive tasks. Income inequality sharpens through AI-driven automation. New upskilling initiatives focus one-sidedly on meeting the growing demand for AI development expertise.