Augmenting Intelligence: Shaping the Future of Work in Southeast Asia

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping labor markets globally, with significant implications for high-skilled cognitive roles, once thought to be safe from technological disruption.

In Southeast Asia, this disruption is posing a parallel challenge—the rapid advancement of generative AI is unbundling tasks, deskilling white collar roles, and redrawing traditional career pathways, undermining efforts to identify and build the next generation of good jobs. With a large informal sector also under pressure from advances in automation, the region faces an urgent problem in determining what the next phase of job creation should look like. But what if the AI revolution can reimagine work and economies, making it a catalyst, rather than threat, to social mobility?

This webinar will explore how policymakers and industry leaders across the region can respond to how AI is upending labor markets. 

It will also launch and share key findings from a new report, Augmenting Intelligence: Shaping the Future of Work in Southeast Asia, from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Drawing on original research and in-depth analysis from Singapore, Viet Nam, and the Philippines, the report introduces a new framework for “augmented intelligence,” with AI as a tool to elevate human capability and to redesign work in a way that unlocks inclusive economic growth.

Speakers

• PeiChin Tay, Senior Policy Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
• Sahara Sadik, Deputy Director, Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences
• Antonio G. Zaballos, Director, Digital Sector Office, Asian Development Bank
• More to be announced soon