AI and Your Career: Friend or Foe?
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Learning Objectives
- Determine which tasks and activities within a professional role can be enhanced or replaced by AI.
- Identify the key skills that complement AI capabilities, focusing on data, technology, and people.
- Recognise how AI will reshape the workplace, including the potential for more remote and hybrid work environments.
Lesson Description
This audio discussion tackles the tricky issue of how AI is going to impact people's careers and addresses the common fears about being replaced by robots. AI strategist Dr. Ashwin Mehta distinguishes between roles that are being enhanced by AI and tasks that could potentially be replaced through agentic workflows and automation. The conversation explores how AI and robotics will change workplaces and examines the economic implications of automation. The episode concludes with practical tips for creating a tangible action plan to upskill, stressing the importance of being proactive and experimenting with available tools.
