The Past Week in Tech
In a study by World Bank, they found that more women than men are at risk of losing their jobs due to AI. That's because women tend to lean towards more cognitive and repetitive tasks.
What's also worrying is this statement: "Higher educational attainment is associated with greater AI exposure. In particular, workers with tertiary education are more highly exposed than workers with secondary education."
If this indeed is true--and I'm not saying it is--why then should people still want to pursue college degrees?
Honestly, I'm more intrigued about neuroscience than artificial intelligence, which is nothing but a crude attempt at mimicking the human brain. Love to hear actual brain experts give their take on the AI hype train. This is definitely a must watch!
"AI FOMO". I've heard a few stories of this already. C-level executives forcing their employees to adopt AI, without any sort of strategy, and without even knowing how AI fits into their businesses. As with any trendy technology, they treat it as a black box that will magically solve their companies' problems on its own. They fear that they would lose to competitors if they don't integrate AI fast.
Sadly, many often don't even understand what problems and inefficiencies their organizations have in the first place, which should be the primary prerequisite before even thinking of bringing any piece of tech solution into the mix... especially something as abstract, complex, and resource heavy as AI.
I love that they also emphasized how microcredentials and certifications are making hiring harder. This is the reality nowadays. The market is saturated with people who seem to have the "paper credentials" but may not have the actual skills required by companies. And that's also why domain expertise really needs to come into play.
So stop credential-chasing! Start building actual skills, and the credentials will follow you, instead of you chasing them.
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(Blog: Alexander Chukovski)
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Not all C-level executives buy into the AI hype. To illustrate, our COO was actually the one who shared this article with the rest of the company. We use AI solutions within our company in various capacities, but we don't bank our whole business on it. We have a tempered expectation of the value AI can actually bring.
I share a lot of the author's sentiments. I do also think that a lot of businesses and investors will eventually be deeply disappointed by the overpromise and underdelivery of AI's value proposition. (Especially if they continue to treat it as the magical black box I mentioned earlier.)
I have very low expectations of AI, but it still manages to disappoint me from time to time. One possible key to practical AI adoption is for expectations to be lowered to match its actual value.
Things will eventually normalize.
Prime example of how adaptability and looking within your current organization for opportunities may help you shift into a tech career! Inspiring story.
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