The Singaporean workers who feel AI has nothing to do with them
AI could widen the bifurcation between white- and blue-collar jobs.
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Workers with limited technological exposure face a steeper learning curve should they wish to move into higher-paying jobs.
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Irene Y.H. Ng, Tan Zhi Han, V Deepa and Aaron Lim
Last year, the fourth author, Aaron Lim, encountered an unexpected problem while researching AI inequality among young Singaporeans.
He struggled to recruit lower-income respondents, even after working through social workers for four months. In contrast, higher-income young adults were eager to share their new discoveries with artificial intelligence. The reason was revealing: Many simply did not use AI and felt they knew too little about it to participate.
