The Impact of Society 5.0 and Industrial Revolution 4.0 on Employment and Future Job in Brunei Darussalam

Abstract

Brunei Darussalam is in transition phase to transform Brunei into Smart Nation with support of Society 5.0 and Industrial 4.0. The society development and technologies has killed millions of jobs, according to Future Job Report 2020, 85 million of peoples globally expected to lost their job and being replace with machine by 2025. This research paper seeks to investigate the impact of human and technology transformation toward employment and future job in Brunei Darussalam. Hence, this article is base on qualitative research method, which based on content analysis on existing literature. Initial finding indicated that, Society 5.0 and IR4.0 has positive and negative impact on current employment such as uncounted of hard skill workers are being replaced by AI, robotics and automation. At the same manners, this transformation has created new job opportunities and change society work-style. The purpose of this study is to acknowledge the impact and to prepare our generation to be future ready. To conclude, human and technological transformation is inevitable event. The study proved, Society 5.0 and IR4.0 has solid effect on current employment and future job.