That doesn't mean a jobs cliff is imminent, said James Ransom, a research fellow at University College London, who studies the impact of AI on work. But it does mean the rules of entry into the job market are changing fast - and the smartest move isn't to chase prestigious titles, he said, but to understand the tasks inside those jobs, then show how you can supervise and scale AI to do them more effectively.
As you've probably heard, if not also experienced, AI is reshaping how we work. If you happen to be a senior professional with sufficient reputational capital, status, and a deep social network, you may be relatively safe from being displaced by AI -at least for now.
Bret Taylor, expressed his anxiety that AI chatbots like ChatGPT are redefining his relationship to technology, destroying - or at least making unrecognizable - the world of programming in which he built his career. "The thing I self-identify withis just, like, being obviated by this technology," Taylor said in the interview. "So it's like, the reason why I think these tools are being embraced so quickly is they truly are like an Iron Man suit for all of us as individuals."