AI is increasingly taking over jobs requiring physical strength and analytical skills - stereotypically attributed to men. But the way to automate social skills like empathy and caregiving – stereotypically attributed to women - is still quite long. Example: 3 million truck drivers in the US (95% male) have a risk of obsolescence of 80-100%; 3 million secretaries (95% female) have a risk of obsolescence of about 10%. What does this development mean for our future social structure? What actions are needed to prevent negative consequences of such transition? Will the future of work be female?

1. Agnieszka M. Walorska / CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION / KickstartAI
@agaw @creativeconstr @kickstartAI
CREATIVE
CONSTRUCTION
THE FUTURE OF WORK
IS FEMALE

2. SCI-FI IS NOT ONLY ABOUT
TECHOLOGY BUT ALSO ABOUT
DIFFERENT VISIONS OF SOCIETY

3. FEMININITY IS THE DESIRED STATE,
AND THE TYPICALLY MALE
CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES ARE GONE

4. THE RADCH – A
CIVILISATION
WITHOUT A
CONCEPT OF
GENDER BUT
WITH RIGIT
CLASS
HIERARCHIES

5. AN ISOLATED SOCIETY
COMPOSED ENTIRELY
OF WOMEN, WHO
REPRODUCE
VIA PARTHENOGENESIS
(ASEXUAL
REPRODUCTION).

6. SCI-FI COMEDY FROM
COMUNIST POLAND:
TWO MEN IN AN ALL-
FEMALE WORLD
WHERE MEN DIED OUT

7. MEN ARE PROBABLY NOT GOIING TO
DISAPPEAR BUT ARE LIKELY TO
LOOSE THEIR POWER

8. AI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS
DOMINATED BY MEN...

9. ... THAT‘S WHY ALL THE VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS
HAVE FEMALE ATTRIBUTES

10. IMAGE SEARCH RESULTS
FOR „SECRETARY“

11. THE MOST FAMOUS ANDROID ROBOT IS A
CREEPY VERSION OF AUDREY HEPBURN

12. MEN WORK HARD TO REPLACE
WOMEN WITH ROBOTS (EVEN
MARRYING THEM IN JAPAN

13. BUT THEY ARE THE ONES
TO BE REPLACED

14. JOBS TO BE REPLACED
BY ROBOTS:
38% BY 2030
47% BY 2040

15. 3 M TRUCK DRIVERS
95% MALE
80-100% RISK OF
OBSOLESCENCE

16. 3 M SECRETARIES
95% FEMALE
7-14% RISK OF
OBSOLESCENCE

17. 2.5 M CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
97% MALE
70% RISK OF OBSOLESCENCE

18. 4 M NURSES
93% FEMALE
0.01% RISK OF
OBSOLESCENCE

19. 1.4 M MAINTENANCE & REPAIR WORKERS
97% MALE
75% RISK OF OBSOLESCENCE

20. 1.2 M ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
95% FEMALE
1% RISK OF OBSOLESCENCE

21. DOESN‘T LOOK TOO
GOOD FOR THE MEN

24. TYPICAL MALE JOBS:
- REPETITIVE
- EMOTIONLESS
- SPECIALIZED
- REQUIRE EXPLICITE
KNOWLEDGE
- REQUIRE PHYSICAL
STRENGTH

25. TYPICAL FEMALE JOBS:
- VARIABLE
- EMOTIONAL
- BROAD
- REQUIRE IMPLICITE
KNOWLEDGE
- REQUIRE
IMAGINATION

26. TODAY‘S TYPICAL
WOMEN‘S WORK WILL
PREDOMINATE IN FUTURE

27. 3.7 % INCREASE IN
MALE UNEMPLOYMENT
=
12% DECREASE IN
DOMESTIC ABUSE

28. MORE ESTEEM AND BETTER WAGES
FOR “PINK-COLLAR” WORK

29. FAIR DIVISION OF UNPAID WORK AND
FAMILY DUTIES

31. AI-PROOF EDUCATION DOESN’T MEAN
TEACHING KIDS TO CODE

32. I WANT THE “WOMEN TAKEOVER” TO BE LIKE THIS…

33. AND NOT LIKE THIS

34. THANK YOU !
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AGNIESZKA M. WALORSKA
@agaw | agnieszka@creativeconstruction.de