AI is able to replace about 60% of civil servants in Kazakhstan

Almaty, which is a financial and ICT hub in Kazakhstan, is the country’s most vulnerable city for AI advance in the job market / Photo: Shutterstock

Experts from the Center for the Development of Labor Resources JSC (CDLR) conducted a study to see how many jobs might be replaced by Artificial Intelligence in Kazakhstan. It turned out that almost 60% of civil servants could soon be replaced by AI within the country.

«In Kazakhstan, the highest rate of automation can be achieved in the groups of managers and civil servants (up to 59%), employees in the field of administration (48%), high-ranked professionals (46%) and technicians (29%),» the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan said in a statement.

According to Dmitry Shumekov, head of the Department of Forecasting under CDLR, automation of work is unlikely for 6.5 million employees in Kazakhstan.

«A moderate automation is possible for 1.5 million people (17%) while for 686,000 Kazakhstanis (8%) it is very likely,» Shumekov explained.

As the agency noted, the city of Almaty is the most vulnerable place in terms of potential job replacement by AI as it is the biggest financial and ICT hub in the country. The scientific and technician spheres as well as the health care system are the most likely sectors where human jobs may be replaced by AI.

In early June, the Challenger agency reported that more than 400,000 people lost their jobs in the U.S. in May. About 10% (3,900) of them were fired because of AI.

«Generative AI is expected to be a powerful force that creates new jobs. However, it also might be a power that destroys 300 million jobs by 2035. On the other hand, it can boost working efficiency,» Bloomberg reported, citing Ben Emons from Newedge Wealth LLC.

In the middle of May, AI expert Stuart Russell warned that AI can pose a massive threat to humanity as it will oppose any attempts to take it under control.

Two months before that, more than a thousand scientists and experts, including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI, wrote a letter to warn that there was an «out-of-control race» going on at AI labs and called for a pause on the creation of giant-scale AI, citing the threat to humanity.