It will be extremely difficult to make a comeback once you've lost your job to artificial intelligence.

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Editor's note: The latest research by Goldman Sachs shows that people whose jobs are severely impacted by artificial intelligence will take a longer time to find new jobs, and they may suffer real economic losses for up to a decade. This article is from a compilation, hoping to inspire you.

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Economists and the academic community still cannot fully determine how artificial intelligence will change the jobs most likely to be replaced by AI. Some occupations may disappear completely, while others will transform accordingly and be assisted by artificial intelligence to complete the work.

However, the latest research by Goldman Sachs points out that workers most severely impacted by artificial intelligence will have great difficulty finding new jobs, and will also suffer real economic setbacks after unemployment. The research referred to forty years of official statistical data in the United States and tracked the life trajectories of more than 20,000 Americans from the 1950s to the 1980s. The report found that workers most affected by technological changes had an extremely difficult time recovering employment, and it took them an average of one more month to find a new job than workers in other industries.

If technological unemployment coincides with an economic recession, the negative impact will be further exacerbated: the unemployment duration of this group will increase by an average of three more weeks, and the probability of future unemployment will also be higher.

The report also points out that once workers lose their jobs due to automation, long - term sequelae will occur.

Economists Pier Francesco Mei and Jessica Linders wrote in the report: "Our analysis shows that, like previous technological changes, job replacement caused by artificial intelligence may bring persistent losses to affected workers, and their workplace income and employment status will deteriorate in the following years."

The report data shows that the income - earning ability of those who are unemployed due to technological changes will decline significantly after re - employment. Even if they find a new job, their salary will be reduced by more than 3%. In the ten years after unemployment, the income growth of this group is 10 percentage points less than that of those who have been stably employed, and 5 percentage points less than that of the unemployed and re - employed people in other industries.

The authors of the study specifically mentioned that practitioners eliminated by artificial intelligence not only suffer income losses, but their overall life financial planning will also be affected in a chain reaction: postponement of buying a house and reducing the probability of getting married and starting a family. "This trauma effect will also spread to the overall economic level of life," the authors said. "By focusing on people who experienced technological unemployment in the early stage of their careers, we found that technological replacement will slow down personal wealth accumulation, mainly reflected in the postponement of buying a house and starting a family."

Although technology industry executives have frequently made high - profile statements, and many companies have attributed layoffs to artificial intelligence, economists have pointed out many times that there is not enough evidence to show that artificial intelligence is sweeping the job market on a large scale, but there are already preliminary signs that the situation is changing.

In fact, another recent report by Goldman Sachs found that in the past year, there was a net loss of 16,000 AI - related jobs per month; however, this analysis did not include the new jobs created by the construction of new data centers and AI investment.

The media often focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence on college graduates and new entrants to the workplace when reporting on changes in the job market. This Goldman Sachs report specifically points out that the young group aged 25 to 35 is most likely to have their life rhythm disrupted due to job replacement, and important life events such as buying a house will be forced to be postponed.

Meanwhile, the study also found that compared with older workers, young people have stronger adaptability after unemployment and suffer less financial negative impact. Economists believe that the popularization of artificial intelligence will give rise to new occupations and development tracks that cannot be predicted at present, and young people are precisely the most advantageous to take on these new jobs.

Translator: Teresa