# AI Will Have a Considerable Disruptive Effect on Work by the Royal Society and the British Academy > “There is consensus in academic literature that AI will have a considerable disruptive effect on work, with some jobs being lost, others being created and others changing.” > **— the Royal Society and the British Academy**, *2018, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Work* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source and full wording:** [AI and work: a Royal Society and British Academy evidence synthesis](https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/ai-and-work/) — The joint institutional project page contains this exact sentence among its key findings. - **Article use:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] cites this statement in its account of AI-driven economic transition. The evidence synthesis rejects both the end-of-work extreme and the claim that little will change, emphasizing transitional effects and uneven distribution. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Royal Society|Royal Society]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Royal Society|Royal Society]] - [[wiki/British Academy|British Academy]] - [[wiki/Economic Transition|Economic Transition]] - [[wiki/Automation|Automation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “There is consensus in academic literature that AI will have a considerable disruptive effect on work, with some jobs being lost, others being created and others changing.” — the Royal Society and the British Academy, 2018, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Work https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-royal-society-british-academy-ai-disrupts-work ```