AI could wipe out 3 million of these kind of jobs in the UK by 2035

Around three million jobs in the UK could be lost to artificial intelligence, according to a new report.

You all know the drill: AI is developing faster and faster every day, which means that a future dominated by computers and artificially generated content is a lot closer than we think.

So what does that mean for us? Well, get ready for the job market to get even more difficult.

According to several reports, we're going to see a major overhaul of the global workforce, with one AI expert even suggesting that only five jobs would be safe from artificial intelligence by 2030.

And it only gets worse, as a new report has revealed that AI is likely to replace up to three million jobs in certain sectors over the next decade.

The growth in AI will reshape global economies anf workforces forever (Getty Stock Images)

The research, published by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), suggested that developments in AI technology would see jobs in sectors such as customer service, machine operations and admin vanish.

NFER's report echoes grim research from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD), which suggested one in six employers (17 percent) were planning to cut jobs and replace them with AI over the next year. This includes admin, which is predicted to shrink by 62 percent as employers replace staff with AI.

This isn't too surprising when you factor in the various warnings we've had about the job sectors most at risk from an AI takeover in recent months; however, report author Jude Hillary is also warning about the knock-on effect of having entry-level roles and lower-skilled professions taken over by computers.

A new report suggests roles in customer service and admin are particularly at risk (Getty Stock Images)

The report does conclude that 2.3 million jobs would also be created in the next 10 years; however, the distribution would be uneven.

"The additional jobs that we’re getting in the labour market tend to be professional and associate professionals," Hillary explained. "Displaced workers, the one to three million that we talk about in our report, face significant barriers to get back into the labour market."

He continued: "The projected changes are dominated by growth in higher-skilled, generally better-paid occupations.

“Meanwhile, despite growth in overall employment, most low- and mid-skilled occupations are projected to decline."

However, it's worth noting the report's findings are in contrast to recent research conducted by King's College London, which suggested 'higher-paying firms' had also suffered job losses, while a report from the UK government revealed that sports players, bricklayers and plasterers are least exposed to AI.

Of course, this doesn't factor in claims that the entire 'AI bubble' could collapse, which would also be pretty catastrophic for global economies.