Will AI Take My Job? Maybe.
What you can do to remain relevant
Introduction
I once had a business school professor who said, “Technological change is inevitable; these changes can chew up a generation of workers, but productivity improves, and for the most part, people’s lives also improve as a result of these changes.” For some oddity, that comment stuck with me throughout the years and seems more relevant today than ever.
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate society and the business world, the question of whether AI will take your job is at the top of many professionals’ minds–myself included. The combined powers of traditional AI (aka predictive AI) and generative AI are poised to redefine how work is conducted. Generative AI is not our first technological revolution by any means. As I mentioned in my article Digital Marketing in the Age of AI Disruption (Part 1), we’ve seen mechanization, industrialization, and digitization, to name a few.
Figure 1.1: Past Technological Revolutions
To briefly recap,
- The Second Industrial Revolution (Electricity + Internal Combustion = Mass…
