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AI and employment: Echoes of the past or a new paradigm?
During unprecedented change (think AI) using the past as a prediction of the future is little more than looking in the rearview mirror.
Smith noted that it was more than technology that contributed to this rapid shift, citing both evolving cultural values and the coincident Progressive moment that championed efficiency, sanitation and safety improvements in cities. As such changes occur, the premium placed on experience in the field might diminish, leading to downward pressure on wages, faster turnover, underemployment, the need for reskilling and the potential for widening skill gaps or income inequality between those who can adapt to AI-augmented roles and those who cannot. My personal favorite new role could be “AI orchestrator,” a human professional critical for understanding context, making ethical choices and building stakeholder relationships that a machine cannot fully grasp.
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