Issue Human coexistence with AI and robots in work and society

Summary

The issue describes a new era in which AI and robots take over part of human labour while people, AI and robots increasingly work side by side. The fusion of generative AI with robotics and its spread across industries is making job displacement and task restructuring real, including in white-collar and professional fields. Productivity and efficiency gains come together with large-scale job change, human alienation and unresolved ethical and legal questions. Automation is rising in manufacturing and services as well as in content creation, medicine and finance, which increases the need for retraining and job transitions. Governments are debating ethical issues and legal liability for AI use and paying more attention to protecting labour income and expanding safety nets, while the panel calls for proactive responses that keep development human-centred.