"Filipino workers seen most at risk of AI takeover in Asean", 10 April 2024

Filipino workers are more at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) compared to their peers in the region unless the Philippines can shift to more knowledge-based services that mostly require human intelligence and skills, Amro said.

In its flagship economic outlook report, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)+3 Macro Research Office said that generative AI “will exhibit uneven impacts” both across and within economies in Asean+3, and could risk diverging growth trajectories.

“For example, given the relatively large size of the business process outsourcing service industry in the economy, the Philippines could face a greater risk of worker displacement—primarily those engaged in more routine work—as AI gradually reshapes ICT operations, unless it can move into more knowledge-based services,” Amro said.

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