World Economic Forum says AI will transform 23% of jobs within five years

This piece brings a headline number that will frame a lot of public debate: nearly a quarter of jobs globally will be reshaped in five years, with AI as a central driver. The underlying WEF Future of Jobs report paints a picture of simultaneous creation and destruction—69 million roles emerging and 83 million disappearing, for a net loss of 14 million positions across 45 economies. For the AGI conversation, those figures matter less as precise forecasts and more as indicators of how deeply institutional actors now assume AI‑driven disruption is baked into the labour market. ([noticiasargentinas.com](https://noticiasargentinas.com/economia/por-la-inteligencia-artificial--el-23--de-los-trabajos-seran-reconvertidos-en-los-proximos-cinco-anos_a65567731eb6576aaac1aef02?utm_source=openai))

Strategically, if governments and large employers internalize this kind of timeline, they will accelerate reskilling, automation, and possibly labour‑saving deployments long before any AGI‑class system arrives. That front‑loads social and political stress: unions and voters will react to visible job churn tied to “AI” even when the systems involved are narrow tools or mid‑tier models. The narrative risk is that early, messy deployments sour public opinion and prompt heavy‑handed regulation right as the underlying technology is still evolving toward more general capabilities.

From a competitive standpoint, companies that can credibly present AI as augmentative—raising productivity without mass layoffs—will find it easier to secure social licence and regulatory breathing room. Firms that treat AI purely as a cost‑cutting weapon may generate short‑term margin gains but invite long‑term political and reputational blowback that could shape how AGI is ultimately governed.