I’m a university professor, and one of the best parts of my job is helping my students prepare for their future careers. I’ve given so many presentations, workshops, and private meetings on how to develop marketable skills and conduct a proper job search that I’d gotten pretty cocky about it. Then AI arrived, and suddenly all of my advice was outdated and pointless.
It terrifies me. And if you’re not also terrified, then either you’re independently wealthy, or you haven’t been paying sufficient attention. Not only have I been struggling to give my students appropriate advice for the coming new AI-fueled economy, but I also retain volcanic amounts of anxiety for the future of my 5-year-old son.
He’s precocious —dare I say, brilliant— and in previous generations, his path toward all manner of success would be all but obvious. But now, what is the value in his more traditional forms of intelligence, when a machine can do everything better, literally?
So, I went to the enemy. I asked an AI, “How do I prepare my 5-year-old son for a future AI-dominated economy?” (more…)
