A study by the VRAIN Institute of the Polytechnic University of Valencia reveals that between 18 and 22% of employment in Spain This exposed to artificial intelligence, depending on the province. The research, based on INE data, indicates that … AI has “a real capacity to transform work across the country and this exhibition is construction», remaining stable in the years analyzed (2021 and 2022), according to the authors.
The places where the foreseeable impact of this type of new descriptive and generative technologies on the labor market is highest are Madrid And Barcelonawhere the exposure exceeds 21.5%. At the opposite extreme are Soria, ZamoraTeruel, Cuenca and Palencia, with values between 17.5% and 18.5%.
The differences are explained – according to this UPV analysis – by the weight of different economic activities: urban areas And outsourced concentrate more jobs that could be transformed for the AIwhile regions where agriculture, traditional manufacturing or construction are more developed have a lesser impact.
The report confirms that AI transformation is linked to “consolidated productive models”: central-Mediterranean corridor (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante and Málaga), together with Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, record the highest levels due to the importance of commerce, advanced services, education, health and the information sector.
On the contrary, communities like Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha and Aragon show exposure lower than the national average, quite the contrary, an economic reality with a lesser presence of these actors.
More for women
Beyond these factors, this work by the UPV highlights a gap of gender clear: the employment of women is between 1.3 and 3 percentage points more exposed to AI than the male, and this margin is even exceeded in highly tertiary territories. Women are concentrated in sectors where AI is more easily applicable – education, health, administrative services, commerce or social activities – and are traditionally and currently under-represented in less exposed jobs, such as construction, transport or extractive industries.
The provinces where AI has the greatest impact on female employment are Madrid, the Balearic Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Barcelona, Cantabria and Malaga, where it exceeds 21.5%.
In the case of men, exposure is less. In provinces like Madrid, Las Palmas, Barcelona or Santa Cruz de Tenerife it is around 20-21%, while within Spain it falls between 16.5-18%, due to the weight of industry and construction.
These researchers emphasized that their work can be useful as “a tool for anticipate inequalities territorial and plan labor and gender policies, guide requalification programs and support employment policies. just a transition“.
The report, prepared by researchers Antoni Mestre, Xavier Naya, Manoli Albert and Vicente Pelechano of VRAIN Institute of the Polytechnic University of Valencewas presented to the union representatives of the Economic and Social Council of Spain (CES), to the deputy general secretary of the General Union of Workers (UGT), Lola Navarro, in her capacity as reference social agent in labor matters, to the senators of the General Cortes of Spain, such as Rocío Briones, and to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant.
“At a time when Spain is deploying national digitalization and artificial intelligence strategies, such as the National AI Strategy (ENIA), or the LOSS of the new linguistic economy or digitalization plans, this analysis is necessary to ensure a fair transition,” he stressed. Antoine Mestrein a UPV press release.
Without forgetting, however – according to him – that “AI has the potential to increase THE productivityimprove public services and generate qualified job opportunities, but it can also intensify inequalities if its effects are not anticipated globally.
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