More than 30%, however, would be augmented by it, according to Wood.
But Barney Glover, Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), warned that the job loss impact could be much greater than expected.
“It varies from occupation to occupation. I think we’ll see higher than four per cent in automation, and we’ll see higher than 30% in augmentation,” Glover said as quoted by the AFR.
“We do need to, for example, look at a number of the data indicators that we looked at last year, and just to see how they are trending a year or six months on, because that’s how rapidly we’re seeing change.”
Data from the JSA last year found that current generative AI technologies are more likely to enhance workers’ efforts, rather than replacing them.