AI, employers should carefully balance cost savings
with employee welfare, considering ways to enhance
efficiency through technology without entirely
relying on technology to replace human labour.
Employees should stay informed about industry
trends and actively pursue new skills and career
adjustments to navigate the challenges and
opportunities presented by AI.
The rise of deep learning and the emergence of
ChatGPT have increased people's attention to AI and
directly expanded society's demand for training in
technological skills. Employers are even willing to
hire low-educated employees who were previously
ignored to meet recruitment needs. However, if the
actual impact of AI on the accounting industry is
lower than expectation, employees with lower
academic background will be affected even more.
Thus, schools should update educational programs in
response to industry demands, emphasizing training
in non-technical skills such as critical thinking and
problem-solving, which are less susceptible to
automation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This paper is funded by the project "Potential Impacts
and Mechanisms of Large Language Models on the
Accounting Industry" (Project No. 2023WTSCX330)
from Guangzhou Huashang Vocational College.
The data that support the findings of this study are
available in https://github.com/xiongyc98/data1.
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