An economist describes the skills that can give you 'armor' against AI changing your job

"Resilience, creativity, empathy, motivation and self-awareness, curiosity, service orientation, and teaching and mentoring."

"Developing these skills gives you a little bit of armor against all the changes ahead,"

"Will it flow to workers at all? Will there be some benefits there? Will it be a small number of people? Will it show up in tax revenues?"

"It's a real concern of mine, because how are you going to have the middle and higher-level workers if you don't train them?"

Mastering skills that machines cannot replicate—resilience, creativity, empathy, motivation, self-awareness, curiosity, service orientation, and teaching and mentoring—can future-proof careers and provide armor against AI-driven workplace changes. AI differs from prior technologies by being capable of replacing entire job functions rather than merely changing how tasks are performed. The distribution of productivity gains and profits from AI adoption remains uncertain, raising questions about whether benefits will flow to workers, concentrate among a few owners, or appear in tax revenues. Replacement of entry-level white-collar jobs risks breaking the talent pipeline for future managers. Research shows many common work skills face significant transformational potential.

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