Tech fears | Is AI having a dramatically negative impact on worker quality of life?

Research conducted by the Institute for Work thinktank has found that technologies such as AI, robots and trackers have a vastly negative impact on the quality of life of the workforce.

The study, based on a survey of over 6,000 professionals, analysed the effects of various technologies that are either emerging, or rife in the modern workplace.

According to the findings, exposure to certain technologies, including AI-based software, surveillance devices such as trackers and robotics, is associated with a decline in health and wellbeing among workers.

In contrast, the use of more established information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as laptops, tablets and instant messaging, had a more positive effect on wellbeing.