Dutch Survey Shows Three in Four Adults Fear AI Will Devastate Jobs
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) released the findings on Wednesday, following a nationwide survey examining how Dutch adults perceive AI and its looming consequences for the workforce. While 75% of participants expressed concern that AI will eliminate positions entirely, close to half said it would strip certain jobs of their appeal.
CBS researcher Luuk Hovius, speaking to Dutch public broadcaster NOS, acknowledged the difficulty in pinpointing exactly where the disruption will strike.
"Exactly which tasks could be taken over isn't entirely clear yet," he said.
"You could think of administrative roles, but also some care tasks that could be taken over by robots. Or consider self-driving cars that could assist parcel delivery drivers. That's very difficult to predict, because we can't see how the technology will evolve."
The erosion of professional competence emerged as a separate but equally pressing concern — 64% of those surveyed warned that AI adoption risks degrading the knowledge and skill sets employees currently possess.
Hovius pointed to everyday workplace functions — typing, writing, number-crunching, and software development — as prime candidates for AI delegation.
"You don't have to do that coding yourself; you can assign it to AI," he said, cautioning that over-reliance on automated tools could steadily diminish hands-on human proficiency.
The survey painted a broader picture of public unease, with over three-quarters of Dutch adults expressing worry about AI's wider societal footprint. Despite that anxiety, fewer than half believed the technology holds genuine promise for tackling entrenched issues such as chronic labor shortages or sluggish productivity growth.
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