RIYADH: Over the past 20 years, technology has radically changed how people interact with their jobs, offering both enormous potential and previously unheard-of difficulties, Takamol CEO Ahmad Al-Yamani told Arab News. “Technology should complement our intelligence, not replace it,” stated Al-Yamani, highlighting how urgent it is to get the workforce ready for this shift.
“More than 50 percent of workers surveyed across 14 countries fear their skills could become partially or fully obsolete within the next five years,” he said, citing research from the Global Labour Market Conference that revealed workers were concerned that technological advancements were upending the labour market.
Twenty-three percent of Saudi workers were worried about their occupations being replaced by robots and computers. Al-Yamani remarked, however, that this development offered a crucial chance to innovate and adapt in tandem with cutting-edge technologies. He discussed how technology was becoming more and more prevalent and “taking over various aspects of our lives.”
Al-Yamani cautioned that the present workforce was unprepared for the rate of technological change and demanded a thorough reform of the educational and skill-building systems. He argued for preemptive measures to avoid economic instability and guarantee inclusivity, saying, “We must reprioritise education to prepare for an economy that will eventually no longer exist.”
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