A report posted on Fox Business said Gallup research found that 62 percent of workers who have been laid off were non-users of AI who used it once per year or less often. By contrast, only 50 percent of currently employed workers were non-users of AI, with 22 percent described as infrequent AI users who utilize it a few times per month or year. Among laid-off workers, 16 percent were infrequent AI users.
Currently, employed workers were also more likely to report using AI on a daily basis or a few times per week, with 28 percent of current workers reporting that compared with 22 percent of laid-off workers in their prior role.
"This pattern holds even after accounting for age, education, type of industry and the length of time since being laid off, suggesting that workers who are AI non-users appear to have been more vulnerable in the job market," the Gallup report said.
One particularly vulnerable group was tech workers who reported using AI on a monthly basis or less frequently, as they were three times more likely (18 percent) to have been laid off than tech workers who used AI at least monthly (6 percent).
Entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban said "there are two types of companies: those great at AI, and those out of business."
According to Forbes, the most common uses for AI in business are customer service, cybersecurity and fraud management, digital personal assistants, customer relationship management, inventory management, software development, marketing, and for improving employee productivity. The same study showed that 52 percent of employees who responded are worried that AI will replace their jobs, and 83 percent of companies surveyed said using AI in their business strategies is a top priority.