The rapid growth of artificial intelligent has prompted a Nobel Prize-winning economist to warn of the dangers of STEM careers. He argues that many jobs in demand today could be rendered obsolete by the advent of .

According to a Time report, “The skills needed today — to collect data, collate and develop it — or, more importantly, to make AI more useful for jobs — will render the skills needed now obsolete, because it will do the job,” Christopher Pissarides said in a recent Time interview. “Despite the growth you’ve seen, there are still not enough jobs to accommodate all the STEM graduates who want to work in STEM.”

These comments coincide with 2023 becoming a breakthrough year in AI technology. The technology has developed rapidly and is now being used more widely. Some have worried that AI technology could make many jobs obsolete and cause a major disruption in the global labor market.

Pissarides believes that despite the high demand from students for STEM careers, this could change in the future as AI improves.

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The award-winning economist stated that “this demand for new IT skills contains their own seeds of destruction.”

The Federalist staff editor, Samuel Mangold Lenett, told Fox News Digital AI could benefit STEM workers, as it can do much of the “gruntwork” that would take their human counterparts longer to complete. However, he warned that becoming too dependent on , the technology, is dangerous.

It can run simulations and process data in a fraction the time of what students or experts are capable of. Mangold-Lenett stated that it could also help solve more complex problems by processing information at a faster rate. We must be cautious not to over-rely on AI. It could… eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, and the need for people to learn skill sets which enabled us to be an advanced civilization.

Jon Schweppe, policy director of the American Principles Project echoed the same sentiment. He told Fox News Digital there was a risk if we let AI do too much work for us.

IT professionals will be the most likely to learn and adapt new skills.

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There’s a risk that in our rush to improve AI, we will lose sight of the purpose. Do we want to live in an AI-driven society, where we are slaves to its unhuman impulses and whims? Of course not,” Schweppe said. “AI is a powerful tool that can increase our capabilities, but we should not view it as something divine. It’s merely an instrument to help us achieve the goals of humanity.

Pissarides, according to the Time article, remains optimistic about AI. He believes that AI’s overall impact on the jobs market is positive.

Other experts agree with this notion, noting that AI won’t be able handle as many jobs as humans.

“Any job that requires a great deal of repetition, and where there’s a definite ‘right answer’ could be at risk. This is especially true for jobs where parsing disparate data can lead to a profit. “So, coding, paralegals, factory jobs without judgment, economic statistical modeling, etc.,” Phil Siegel told Fox News Digital. But not all STEM jobs or white-collar ones are like this. We can’t rely on a model who is untrained and will have a hallucination to do many jobs. The Engineering (E), but not the S or M, is the most at risk. “The T is broad, and some jobs are in danger while others may not be.”

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Christopher Alexander, Chief Analytics Officer at Pioneer Development Group, argued that STEM was “the whole reason we had AI in the beginning.”

Alexander, a Fox News Digital reporter, said that computer science and math for data modelling are essential to advance AI. While AI may replace some IT jobs, IT professionals will be the most likely group to learn and adapt new skills.

Siegel said that, since it’s impossible to know how AI will evolve, people should become familiar with its tools, while encouraging STEM-related work.

Alexander stated that “High School students should focus on STEM so they have options when they go to college, consider careers and pursue advanced degrees.” While the need for certain types of IT skills may change over time, today’s civilization is built on food, water and computer processing power. STEM is the foundation for all of your endeavors, from farming to Edge Computing.

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Pissarides believes that there are long-term opportunities in areas that focus on communication and customer service.

“When you mention that the majority of the jobs in the future will be those that involve communication, personal care and good social relationships, some people may say: ‘Oh God, are we going to have that to look forward to?’ Pissarides stated in the interview. We shouldn’t look down on these jobs. “They’re better jobs than what school-leavers did in the past.”