AI engineers are in high demand — but what is the job really like?

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"Artificial intelligence" and "job creation" aren't typically two terms thrown together in the same sentence — and for good reason. One report fromGoldman Sachs in 2023 estimated 300 million full-time jobs could be lost to automation. 

And yet, that is only one side of the story. Tens of millions of jobs are also being created by AI, with jobs that require AI specialist skills growing at 3.5 times the pace of jobs overall. 

PwC's 2024 AI Jobs Barometer, which analyzed over half a billion job ads posted since 2016,1 also found that these jobs can carry a wage premium – 25% on average in the United States, 14% in the United Kingdom, 11% in Canada and 7% in Singapore. 

CNBC met with three Singaporeans working with AI across multiple sectors, as they fought scams and fraud, developed large language models and designed chatbots.

Watch the video above to learn how engineers are leveraging AI in their jobs – and why it's never too late for a career switch.