AI's real impact on jobs - what it means for you, your company and future generations

Artificial intelligence is already having an impact on the way most of us work - but it's still early days and it's hard to predict exactly which jobs will disappear completely, what new ones will be created, and when and where this will happen.

It's a subject that's important to all of us - so Radio Davos spoke to the head of an AI services firm, Ravi Kumar of Cognizant, and to the head of the World Economic Forum's Centre for the New Economy and Society, Saadia Zahidi. Both have unique insights into the impact of AI on the economy, on employment, and the implications for education and training.

Links:

Centre for New Economy and Society: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-new-economy-and-society/home

World Economic Forum: Artificial Intelligence: https://www.weforum.org/stories/artificial-intelligence/

New Economy Skills: Building AI, Data and Digital Capabilities for Growth: https://www.weforum.org/publications/new-economy-skills-building-ai-data-and-digital-capabilities-for-growth/

Jobs and skills transformation: What to know at Davos 2026: https://www.weforum.org/stories/jobs-and-the-future-of-work/davos-here-s-what-to-know-about-jobs-and-skills-transformation/

Related episodes:

AI and Jobs Series: What's Next for Entry Level Workers: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/ai-jobs-entry-level-workers-pwc-peter-brown/

AI and Jobs Series: Upskilling's 'Messy Middle' and Fixing the Skills Mismatch: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/jobs-skills-mismatch-future-maria-flynn/

AI and Jobs Series: What tasks can humans stop doing? One HR lead weighs in: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/ai-jobs-what-tasks-human-stop-progyny/

5 top leaders share career advice for grads - and anyone navigating change: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/leaders-advice-grads-ai-navigating-change/

AI may spark a new era of progress, but that depends on more than just the tech: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/carl-benedikt-frey-ai-work-jobs-economics/

The day after AGI: Two 'rock stars' of AI on what it will mean for humanity: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/ai-agi-dario-amodei-demis-hassabis/

From 'US innovates, China imitates' to 'Opportunity 2.0' - lessons from Summer Davos: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/strategic-intelligence-amnc26-debrief-china-innovation/

AI can lie, hack and blackmail: Yoshua Bengio on how to tame the "baby tiger" of tech: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/yoshua-bengio-honest-ai/

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