The occupations most exposed to potential disruption by artificial intelligence were listed in the final action plan from the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence.
The action plan released by Gov. Tony Evers was created after taskforce members representing leaders from business, agriculture, education, technology, labor, workforce development, and government to identify policies and investments that will advance Wisconsin workers, employers, and job seekers through this technological transformation.
The action plan offers guiding principles to promote ethical decision-making related to AI and the workforce, advance equitable access to AI technology and training, and ensure that workers are represented in AI investments to strengthen the state’s economy. With a focus on policies related to education, government, workforce development, and economic development, the policy proposals reflect the need to:
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Expand digital literacy;
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Develop more flexible training and credentialing;
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Continue efforts to remove employment barriers and connect underutilized talent pools with AI skills;
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Improve government service delivery through strategic deployment of AI tools; and
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Incent industry adoption of AI tools to enhance competitiveness and create high-quality jobs.
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Among the data used by the taskforce was labor market research by Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development analysts estimating the overlap between AI capabilities and worker tasks, referred to as “AI exposure.” The actual impact of AI on a specific industry or job category will depend on a wide variety of factors including market forces, policy decisions and implementation.
In broad terms, DWD’s AI exposure measure suggests that occupations heavily reliant on computer-based tasks tend to be more exposed, while those requiring significant manual labor are less so. In many cases, it is expected that careers with high exposure will be augmented by AI tools.
