Embracing AI: The New Horizon for German Jobs, According to Bitkom and SAP
AI - a Chance Rather Than a Threat to Employment: SAP and Bitkom Perspectively - AI is a prosperity-generating potential, not a job-eliminating threat, according to Bitkom and SAP.
In a refreshing take on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) debate, Bernhard Rohleder, CEO of Bitkom, Germany's digital association, declared that AI won't decimate jobs within the country. Despite a predicted decrease in labor demand, Rohleder, speaking to Funke media group newspapers, assures that this tidbit shouldn't stir up undue worry, even with the current skills shortage. "In Germany's context, AI can be seen as having negligible adverse effects on the job market in the near future," Rohleder stated.
Rohleder expounded: "Tasks perceived as mundane and repetitive in nature, such as technical translations or office tasks like minutes taking, drafting protocols, or standard correspondence, will disappear due to AI. However, the public sector already grapples with an employment deficit of 550,000 individuals today." AI's potential to improve company competitiveness should placate these concerns, ensuring the performance of public administration and services remains steady. The employment landscape varies greatly in countries where a higher number of young job seekers are populating the market.
SAP, Europe's largest software company, has also voiced optimism regarding AI. Christian Klein, the CEO, shared their viewpoint: "At SAP, we perceive AI as a valuable asset." The company's focus is on enhancing employees' skillsets and creating novel, high-impact jobs. SAP has successfully increased the efficiency of its developers by 30% through AI. Klein echoed, "Routine tasks will become obsolete, paving the way for creative thinking and genuine value creation."
Klein's remarks came in response to dire predictions from US AI company Anthropic, whose CEO Dario Amodei had warned of mass unemployment and the annihilation of millions of jobs due to AI in the United States.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bitkom
- SAP
- Bernhard Rohleder
- Germany
- Job Market
- Berlin
- Digital Association
- Funke Media Group
- Skills Shortage
- Economic Growth
- Retraining and Upskilling
- Creation of New Jobs
- AI-driven Jobs
- Government Initiatives
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- Under Bernhard Rohleder's leadership, Bitkom, Germany's digital association, positively emphasizes that AI should not trigger undue concerns about dwindling jobs in the near future, especially in light of the existing skills shortage.
- SAP, a leading European software company, sees AI as a valuable resource and focuses on upskilling employees to create new, high-impact jobs, improving the efficiency of its developers by 30% through AI.
