Reading Log: 'The Demise of White-Collar Work: How Should We Change Our Way of Working?'
I read ‘The Demise of White-Collar Work: How Should We Change Our Way of Working?’ by Kazuhiko Toyama and would like to share my insights.
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問いのある仕事、正解がある仕事において、圧倒的な知識量、論理力、スピード、昼夜働く力に人間は勝てない。残るのは自ら経営上の問いを立て、生成ＡＩなども使って答えの選択肢を創造し決断する仕事、すなわち「ボス仕事」だけである。言わば中間経営職ということになるが、そこで必要になる人員数は現状の中間管理職よりも一桁少なくなるはずだ。
“In work with questions and correct answers, humans cannot compete with overwhelming knowledge, logical power, speed, and the ability to work day and night. What remains is only work that poses business questions oneself, creates answer options using generative AI and other tools, and makes decisions - namely ‘boss work.’ This would be what we call middle management positions, but the number of personnel needed there should be an order of magnitude smaller than current middle management.”
📝What remains for white-collar workers is middle management positions.
現在進行中のＡＩ革命によって、脳の置き換えが起こっている。オフィスで働くホワイトカラーの仕事がブルシットジョブになり、ホワイトカラーが行き場を失いつつある。 もちろん、すべての仕事がブルシットジョブになるわけではない。完全代替はしない。非定型な仕事や複合的な仕事は人間の手に残る。とはいえ、従来の仕事のかなりの部分を機械やＡＩがやってくれるようになるので、置き換わる部分に関しては間違いなくブルシットジョブになる。
“The ongoing AI revolution is causing brain replacement. White-collar work in offices is becoming bullshit jobs, and white-collar workers are losing their place. Of course, not all jobs will become bullshit jobs. There won’t be complete replacement. Non-routine work and complex work will remain in human hands. However, since machines and AI will handle a considerable portion of traditional work, the replaced parts will definitely become bullshit jobs.”
📝Most white-collar work will become bullshit jobs.
これまで 30分かかっていた業務を 10分で終えることができれば、浮いた 20分でより本質的な仕事をすることができる。コスト削減というマイナスの活動ではなく、余剰時間によってプラスを生み出す活動である。しかし、現状ではコスト削減だけに目が向けられているのが実情である。
“If work that previously took 30 minutes can be completed in 10 minutes, the freed 20 minutes can be used for more essential work. This is not a negative cost-reduction activity, but a positive activity that creates value through surplus time. However, the reality is that currently only cost reduction is being focused on.”
📝A perspective I want everyone to have as common understanding.
That’s all from the Gemba, hoping to survive as a white-collar worker without disappearing.