What India's Gen Z Thinks About AI, Massive Layoffs and Future of Jobs?

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Find Out what Gen Z really thinks about the future of jobs amid rising AI adoption and widespread layoffs. While 93% of Gen Z workers use multiple AI tools weekly to boost productivity, many also express concerns about job security and being replaced by AI. Find out how this generation balances optimism for AI's benefits with anxiety over automation, job stability, and career growth. Watch.   #GenZAdda #GenZ #Exclusive #AsianetNewsEnglish #FutureOfWork #AI #Layoffs #JobSecurity #CareerGrowth #AIandJobs #WorkplaceTrends #India   🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  Download the Asianet News App now!  Available on Android & iOS  👉 Android:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vserv.asianet&hl=en_IN   👉 iOS:  https://apps.apple.com/in/app/asianet-news-official/id1093450032   For More Updates:  Follow us on our What's app Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5Bq3yKwqSLSQTxam0r  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00AI is just an instrument that helps us do our jobs better but I don't think it

00:05can actually replace us. They cannot manage us, we can manage it, so how to

00:11manage it of course we can operate it from behind from back. All these MNCs

00:15don't want to pay off these people right that's the main goal of them because

00:19they want profit also. The person to person it's different for every person so I

00:23think that AI can't do it. AI is to be taught according to our needs. Good

00:29somewhere and also it is bad somewhere. There is a disadvantage and an advantage in

00:34both of the sides. I don't want that people want to chat with me and I don't think there's a future.

00:48Manvi, we are going to see a massive change in jobs in India because of AI,

00:53artificial intelligence. What do you think? Are you ready to face all of that?

00:56Yes, currently we are already studying about it like how AI is. AI is a thing

01:02that will change the job right now. You can't help it so you have to earn it

01:08how you can just be comfortable with it. Yes, we are ready for it. Do you have any

01:13program of AI or artificial intelligence in your college curriculum? We have many departments.

01:19Currently in my department there is nothing like that but we have different departments of AI also.

01:24We are currently studying how to use informational technologies etc in education and from education

01:30department. So yes, we are studying about it, how to use it, how to use it in education,

01:35how to teach students from that. Manvi, we have also seen that Amazon has laid off a lot of

01:40employees because of AI. What do you think? How can an employee tackle themselves in such a situation?

01:46Because this is going to be really grim for all those employees, thousands of them laid off.

01:50Of course, AI is taking down the human space. So we have to learn how to operate it. They cannot

01:56manage us. We can manage it. If we learn how to manage it, of course, we can operate it from behind

02:02from back. A lot of AI courses are not free, of course. What do you have to say to the government

02:08of India? Do you have any requests to them that they need to make all of these AI courses free,

02:13at least for students so that they can upskill themselves and have better future prospects?

02:17Just a suggestion, if you want the employment rate to be higher, you have to make it free or

02:22at least, it can afford AI courses so that you can improve your employment at least.

02:28Shreshi Sharma. Shreshi, how on a rate of 0 to 10 are you scared because of AI that AI is going to

02:35take away all the jobs? 8 or 7. 8 or 7. It means you are very scared. Yeah.

02:41Which branch you are in? I am in a graphic designing field. Graphic designing. So do you

02:46think that this is something which AI can do and all of your jobs can be taken away?

02:50Yes, I am sure on this because in the current scenario, there is a company that they ask us,

02:58do you know how to use AI? They don't think we have skills about Illustrator or Photoshop and InDesign.

03:05They are not happy with that. They want, can you use Canva Pro? Do you know how to use AI? You can

03:10generate with that. That's why we are all scared to do jobs in future. So do you have any skill

03:18upgradeation programs in your curriculum where teachers are helping you out to get your hands on AI?

03:22No, right now, no. But in future they are telling us, we will be discussing with our heads so that you

03:29can learn AI how to use it and you can save your jobs. Are you open enough to you know learn and up

03:36upskill yourself in this technologically advanced world because this is going to help you big time

03:42in future? Yeah, I am very interested to learn AI because in future that is the only way we can do

03:48jobs in that. So yes, I am interested and it will be very helpful for us all. For example, that you're

03:54working in a company and because of AI, your job is gone now. You have been laid off. What you, what you

03:59will do in that particular scenario? Will you be so disheartened that you will just, you know,

04:05fiddle around or will you be ready to upskill yourself to contribute? Yeah, I will be a little bit sad,

04:11but at one point I will think that, okay, fine. I should improve myself and go work on that.

04:18Sometimes the companies, they just throw the employees out saying that, okay, so don't come

04:22from tomorrow. And sometimes they are sensitive enough to, you know, convey this in a proper manner.

04:27What do you have to tell to the employers who are looking to lay off people, lay off employees

04:31because of AI? They will also improve. Just tell them that we want this skill, just improve it. If that

04:41colleague or that employee is not willing to do it, then you can do whatever you want to. I can only say

04:46that on this. Here, two boys sitting and they just told me that they are freshers. They have just joined

04:55college. So thank you so much for speaking with us. What's your name? Ayaan Mahajan. Ayaan, today we are

05:01making a program and asking the opinion of Zenzies. What do they think about the future of jobs?

05:07Are you scared that AI is going to take over your jobs? Well, I think maybe it can overcome. The thing

05:14is, like, because of AI replacing most of the jobs, like, I've heard in Amazon, they recently...

05:22Thousands of people? Yeah, almost like 30% of their employees just got fired because of AI replacing

05:28all these jobs. Yeah, that's happening. Are you ready to upscale yourself to face these kind of

05:33challenges? We have to upscale ourselves to, like, you know, if we have such qualities, like,

05:38obviously, we are better than AI. As we are human mind, we are creating AI, so we are better than AI.

05:43In which program have you enrolled in your college? I'm in BBA currently. I'm sorry? BBA, BBA.

05:48So, uh, have you requested to, uh, the teachers or the administration that they need to also have

05:54this kind of an AI skill upgradation program in your college? This program is, like, providing,

06:00like, it will be provided us in, like, third year. Third year? Okay. We have an option for this. Right.

06:08So, in third year, you can choose if you want to enroll in that or not. Uh, all right. So, you know,

06:12employers laying off all of these thousands of people, what do you have to say to them? Uh,

06:17do you think that they need to, rather than laying them off, they need to upgrade their skills,

06:22you know, let them know how AI functions so that they can be efficient and stay on the jobs?

06:26Companies should give them chances, you know, to upscale themselves or the requirement they need.

06:31Actually, the main thing is usually the, all these MNCs don't want to pay off these people,

06:37right? That's the main goal of them because they want profit also. Um, um, the main thing, uh,

06:42everyone should focus now, like, freshers like us should upscale ourselves. We should learn new

06:47skills so we can challenge, we can challenge stuff. Yes, that's it. What is your future planning

06:53once you pass out from college? What are you looking to do? Uh, will that work be something related

06:58to AI? I guess because, like, as he told you, we'll be getting such programs, maybe joining. Yeah,

07:06thing is that, but maybe joining an MNC, working as, uh, I'll aspire to be a CMO. Yeah, so yeah,

07:12I'll see. Uh, first of all, AI is going to take over our jobs and this is not something which I am

07:16saying. This has been said in official reports by World Economic Forum also, that 50 to 60 percent of

07:22the jobs are going to either get transformed or completely going to be obsolete. Uh, what do you

07:27think about that? Uh, are you in final year or what? Um, I am doing my master's in psychology. I am in my,

07:34uh, first year. Okay. Yeah. Uh, do you think that in psychology, uh, we can make use of AI?

07:42It's not so ethical. Uh, I think we can, but that depends. I think, uh, every person is different

07:51and according to that, uh, uh, the, uh, the intervention, it's according to that, to the person

07:58to person. It's different for every person. So I think that, uh, AI can't do it, but yeah. But what

08:05if, what if I add all the personality traits of that person and ask AI, what is the solution to this

08:11problem that I have? It won't be correct, right? Uh, I, I think it won't be correct. Like, uh, for now,

08:20it won't be correct because, uh, uh, uh, they do, uh, do, uh, give some wrong advice and all. But, uh,

08:28I think in the future, if, uh, there is more technology and, uh, you know, you are, um, uh,

08:35teaching them about the, uh, emotional intelligence and all. So I think that can happen.

08:40But I think nowadays people, if they face any problem, they usually ask AI software. Yeah.

08:45Have you also done it? Yes. Okay. May I ask which question have you asked AI? Uh,

08:50everything, I think, uh, even about, uh, stress level, uh, the things I'm coping with, uh,

08:57everything actually, just, uh, uh, homework, schoolwork, sab kuch. I think it's not only AI,

09:03a lot of jobs are also shifting remote from onsite. They are promoting remote work or hybrid work.

09:08What's your take on that? I think we should be present, uh, in my field, we should because, uh,

09:14the body language is everything. Uh, you know a person when you are saying them person to person.

09:20So I think that's the main thing. Another student from Amity College. Kaira,

09:24thank you so much for speaking with us. Uh, we are talking and talking to Zenzi people,

09:28getting to know their opinion on what do they think about future of jobs. Uh,

09:31which stream you are in in Amity College? Uh, I'm doing my master's in clinical psychology

09:36from Amity right now. Uh, you know, 50 to 60% of the jobs are going to get transformed because of AI.

09:42Uh, what do you have to say about, do you think that AI can be deployed

09:46in the world of psychology? I think AI is just an instrument that helps us do our jobs better,

09:53but I don't think it can actually replace us and as human beings and replace our empathy in

09:59especially my field. So I don't know about other jobs, but I think it can be used as a very useful

10:05tool in my stream to help with the diagnosis, but I don't think it can change psychologists

10:12or their jobs or copy our empathy towards our clients. So maybe they can enhance the knowledge,

10:18you being reading from a lot of subjects from AI, but it can't be deployed to help the client. Yeah.

10:24Just say, uh, we have DSMs and ICDs to help us with our diagnosis. So we can use AI to make our

10:32diagnosis more proper and more concrete, but I don't think it can help us to streamline the process

10:39to which we, uh, study the client's symptoms and the client's prognosis.

10:46It can only help us with better, betterment of our prognosis. That's it.

10:50Do you have the integration of AI in your course? No, not really.

10:53Do you think that it needs to have the... As psychologists, uh, we are taught to have

11:00a great deal of empathy in our careers and towards our clients and we are taught to be very warm.

11:06And I don't think AI can do that. And if we, we already have a software in our course,

11:11which is known as SPSS, which helps us with our status. But I don't think AI is anywhere useful

11:18as much key. They teach it to us as a subject. A lot of people have been laid off by Amazon and

11:26other companies. I honestly think that, uh, there are blessings in disguise and they should take it

11:34as that because their resilience is the only thing that can get them through it. Nothing else,

11:39no one else. And if they want professional help, there are a lot of government helplines

11:45and student run helplines, which are free of cost. And they should really reach out for help if they

11:50need it. And even from their companies, if they need it, because I think companies have a policy of,

11:58giving them resources, even after they have been laid off, if it's on the basis of mental health.

12:03That's what HRs do. That's what, that's mainly why they are there. Because when you lay off a employee,

12:13it should be very, it should give them closure. It should give them pointers on what they did wrong,

12:18what they did right, and if they, it was their fault or not. What's your name?

12:22Myself, Akrit. I'm from BTEC CSE. BTEC. So it's going to be a four-year course and BTEC is something

12:29which will see a lot of use of AI. Yeah, there is a lot of use of AI and we are also studying MLTA that

12:35includes machine learning and sort of things that we are going to learn in this course. So I think that

12:41I can answer some of the questions related to AI. In your curriculum, is AI integrated? Because

12:46I think you'll find a good use of it. Yeah, AI is integrated, but there is also an

12:50specialization course in BTEC that completely focuses on AI and how to become a prompt engineer

12:57and how to use AI. Which semester you are in currently? I'm currently in third semester. So this

13:03program you already have or is it going to be in the future in like six? There is a different

13:07specialization course. Like people opt for it differently. Like I'm having a core BTEC CSE.

13:12So I guess there will be some sort of like basic AI training and basic how to train machines and all,

13:18but the specialization course includes like a far bit extra things too. So, Akrit, are you open enough

13:24to you know upscale yourself with AI? Because we are seeing a lot of people losing job because they don't

13:29have any skills of artificial intelligence. Yeah, I guess. Like the thing is people are losing jobs because

13:36AI because they are replacing the AI is replacing the things that humans are doing. So they can do the

13:41AI can do it in a far like something that a person can write a code in two to three hours. AI can write

13:48in five minutes. So the thing is we have to be trained to use AI and help it to advance in our jobs.

13:57Do you know anyone who has lost a job because he or she was not skilled in AI?

14:01I don't think so. I know someone.

14:03Are you concerned that if you don't upgrade yourself for that, you might lose your job?

14:07Yeah, that is the true thing that if we want to prepare ourselves for the future,

14:10then AI surely will replace some of the jobs.

14:13What do you have to request to the government of India if I may ask you this? Because a lot of

14:18AI courses, they are very expensive and a lot of people are not able to afford these courses.

14:23What do you have to request to the government of India? What should they do in order to make

14:26these courses free or maybe any special program like that you have in your college?

14:31The first thing they should do is teach the elementary like the 10 to 12 students. They

14:37should also they should also know how to use AI, how AI works, how machines are trained,

14:43how we use data to train machines and then so that they form a basic like basement for their upcoming

14:49courses. And for the graduate students, I think the government should do something like include AI

14:56to the what do we say management courses and commerce courses so that they can also have a

15:03far bit idea that how they can also use AI to like you know make graphs and help themselves read

15:09the market that that the government should do and they can also do something that the AI subscriptions

15:14they are very expensive in India so they can reduce the prices so that normal people can afford using

15:21AI and they can have subscription to work better. So Agarvit is basically urging the government to do

15:25field specific courses so that they can deploy their skills accordingly. Let me talk to another

15:30person here. Agarvit, we have already talked about AI and how it's changing the entire job scenario but

15:36apart from AI a lot of jobs are also shifting from on-site culture to hybrid culture or remote culture.

15:42are you in favor of working from home culture? Yes, for sure. Why is that? Because the comfort of home

15:48can obviously help obviously lead to better work experience because when you can use all those

15:55amenities like for example you don't need the work culture in the office just because you have things

16:00like AI the machine learning and all which can assist you in doing the job so why to actually go there

16:05and then waste all your expenditure on fuel and... But what do you think this is going to reduce

16:11the human to human interaction and a lot of because in this world where we are facing so many mental health issues

16:16don't you think that we need to have more human touch human connectivity? When you do have human

16:22connectivity because the thing is okay I believe that if you're an extrovert you you want to interact

16:28that might be better for those but you asked me right the thing is that I have people around me

16:32which can assist me in doing that and especially when you are in the online culture you obviously meet

16:37people but through but through different things right you meet them through work culture you meet

16:42them through LinkedIn or maybe because yeah because in the work culture you meet people through

16:47LinkedIn so you can have chats with them right away. Which stream you are in? I'm in BTEC CSC.

16:53BTEC what do you have to say about AI or are you using for your projects artificial intelligence?

16:59You are using it okay so let's hope that the teachers are not listening to this yeah how are

17:05you deploying this for your projects? So I might say when somebody gives us a project we actually don't

17:14use our minds to that to be honest we obviously have to get the job done ASAP so so we just use a chat

17:23activity but the AI is so convenient that it has to be AI is to be taught according to our needs

17:30because when we deploy a code or when we prompt the thing is that sometimes the code is not running

17:38properly or it or it might use much more advanced knowledge that we haven't even taught about this

17:43we have been taught MLT which is machine learning so AI is being used in that we are being taught about

17:48it and that's completely normal according to the what what's happening in the culture but don't you

17:53think that this is going to be detrimental for students because they are not putting the mind

17:57to the project and simply making use of AI? Even if the AI is not being taught to us we we obviously know

18:04about it right so like even if it's an English project we'll always use AI even if we work in the

18:11future we will use AI because AI is being made is made just being like it's a very convenient thing to do

18:18so we have to use AI in the future because then we then we'll completely lag behind we'll completely

18:25lag behind because if I put my own human effort it might take two days or maybe three or no I'm not

18:31talking about human effort but at least you need to know the basics of what you're working on and

18:35then maybe use AI completely use AI not like actually let AI do all the job for you that's always

18:42convenient and in the work culture you will gain a lot of money but not the knowledge do you think that

18:47once you pass out college you'll get prospects in jobs there will be high chance that there will

18:53be layoffs for people who are not well versed with AI so how are you looking the next four or five years

18:59for yourself how do you plan to upgrade your skills how to upgrade my skills obviously uh I would just

19:06love to say that that AI is so convenient like even if Jio and Airtel are providing free uh perplexity

19:13and maybe all this chat chat gpt they're offering it for free so their users are all obviously using

19:21that so in the future you can just expect people to use AI just just to gain knowledge like okay maybe

19:29it would be difficult for others to actually hire a teacher to teach them that would also cost money

19:36AI is obviously there for you so people can actually uh AI can help people who do not have

19:43that much financial backing to get tuition or get tutors from outside even if you want to be

19:47dependent on it you can be even if you want to learn you can be it's like you have the choice as

19:52a human AI AI is not using you you have to use AI what's your name Tanisha Tanisha we are seeing

19:59official reports coming out that a majority of the jobs are going to be transformed or they will become

20:05obsolete what do you have to say on future of jobs now that we have so much technological

20:09advancement uh artificial intelligence being used all across platforms I don't I don't think there's

20:15a future future for jobs at all I mean I don't see it uh what what what is it that you don't see

20:23you don't see a much use of AI in future uh I see more use of AI in future and I see less job

20:31opportunities for unemployed people which stream you are in I'm in fashion technology fashion

20:37technology so this is quite interesting I mean fashion is something where you can definitely

20:42make use of AI it can give you so many layouts of fashion designs yes so have you used it yes

20:49you have which software have you used uh I've been using

20:56come on don't think that you'll be the PR of the company

20:58okay uh she doesn't want to speak about the software but uh let's face it I mean this is

21:03one stream where we can definitely make use of AI uh so do you think that the there will be jobs which

21:09will be cut short because of this a lot of people will be laid off you think or is it because is it

21:15it's also something which is very creative and not uh AI softwares can replace it I mean yeah there are

21:21opportunities for us also but then AI is also in the way like uh people are using AI more often

21:30this is quite interesting I mean using AI in creative fields like fashion yeah it's quite nice only I mean

21:36using AI is easy with your pencil you draw something or on the other hand you have AI which is doing your

21:42work which one would you go for I think mixture of both mixture of both is something that you learned

21:49yeah I think I I uh you could get innovative with it okay so getting innovative with AI how how would

22:01you I mean with the help of prompts you can get in over yeah I mean you can customize your prompts

22:06in some way I guess so I have one more student from the fashion background uh which year you are in

22:13I'm in fourth year right now I'm doing fashion technology that's final year right yeah so in these four

22:18years have you used artificial intelligence to help you in designing fashion uh stuff yeah we use

22:24softwares like cat photoshop we do it like we do things on computer has it changed drastically I mean

22:32how much percentage of these office were you using before and after the emergence of AI in my course

22:38there is no such I love jada use me ameros mere course no software so I don't know about that too much but

22:47yeah there is a huge huge turnover in like in AI it's making use yeah we are making use but what is

22:55your opinion uh in terms of deploying artificial intelligence in creative fields for example one is

23:01fashion another is writing writing a novel maybe uh do you think that it is good it is ethical yeah it is

23:08good somewhere because as like our world is changing all around the world and everything it is

23:17good somewhere and also it is bad somewhere there is a disadvantage and advantage in both of the side

23:23and also I mean development if we have a creative thing and technology it's a development for

23:33every field I guess I feel like that but don't you think this will have a great impact on the people

23:38who are actually producing really good work without AI yeah it I think it's totally a choice I feel

23:45that if anyone wants to do my stuff and I want to do it by hand by genuinely from hand it is their choice

23:55the AI is the choice man you can choose it or not it's all yours it's all yours it makes work easy and

24:06also good AI is not just about keep high as a software that you have to use it grows you it grows your work

24:14it enhance your work and many more things do you think AI why do you think the job prospects

24:19that will be hindered in fashion especially I don't think so don't you think that MNCs will

24:26now you know deploy these AI softwares rather than hiring humans with creative intellect

24:30I mean softwares also need humans but you will need less number of humans in that case

24:38yeah I guess I feel like but great so basically all in all you need to have a balanced approach yeah there

24:44should be a balance in both of them 50-50 I would say uh what's your name Seher now we are seeing

24:51that artificial intelligence uh is taking away a lot of jobs are you concerned about it yes I'm concerned

24:56my field psychology yeah so I've seen people who IEI I've seen people who are very reliable

25:06are you talking about fellow psychologist or are you talking about your clients or maybe people who are

25:10mental health issues are also talking about your clients I mean people who are facing mental health

25:20issues they're also talking everybody is talking to me why I carry on ki bohut jada dependency develop

25:25ho jai ga hunka AI ki taraf to what am I doing but that is from job aspect but what do you have to say the

25:30ethical side of it muje lagta ki haa if it makes you feel better to haa kuch time kile thik hai pere dependency

25:37na hai development like human interaction yeah yeah yeah yeah thoda human interaction important

25:41hai wo obviously it's machine wo hai to people who are actually I don't think ki people abhi

25:45utane zada concerned de jitna hona hona achi hai par haa it is a issue but what about other sectors

25:52for example if you don't talk about psychology any other field we are seeing a lot of layoffs

25:56happening because of AI a lot of people presentation banane mein we have stopped using software so

26:00hum see the chat jibdi ko kadeh gare do this for me he wo sap kuch he wo kar bhi deta hai

26:05so phir haa loog mehenaj karna bhool gaya hai swai jasa

26:08uh gauri what do you think uh is going to be the future of jobs now we are seeing technological

26:12advancements a lot of people are making use of AI uh I personally feel like that a lot of uh typing

26:19jobs and stuff like that where you had to encrypt stuff and uh a lot of other types of jobs are going to

26:26decline but I feel nothing can quite match the human touch in many things and I feel like yeah though

26:34AI is going to eat many jobs but it's going to create much more so I feel like it's not that big

26:38of a concern but yeah in our field it is a bit dangerous I mean I feel like surely it's going to

26:45affect our work culture and everything and although it has made a lot of things efficient recently we've

26:53also seen a lot of people are getting fired from their jobs and stuff because uh AI is doing jobs for

26:59much you know uh lesser amount you don't need to hire another person to do these jobs and even like

27:04even people in workforce currently they're uh using AI to make their works a lot easier so I feel like

27:12that is going to be a problem in the future and I feel like it's problem currently as well

27:17where people are working from a lot of jobs have been shifted from on-site locations to remote and hybrid

27:22culture what are you for and against I think I think that is good because uh it creates a work-life

27:28balance like you you can travel a lot and you can look at the world around you you're not confined

27:34into a four by four office and you don't have to go and you have to punch in your face and do stuff like

27:40that so remote jobs are a really good thing in my perspective and I feel like if the work is being done

27:47you really don't need to come to office and I feel like it's I'm a pro all the way

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