Article-Hype or Reality: Will AI Really Take Over Your Job?

What are important considerations that can help people make their careers AI-proof? Select ALL THAT APPLY.

• Individuals can get a high school diploma and then go to college.

• People can develop “soft skills” and communication skills.

• Individuals can sharpen their problem-solving skills & creative thinking skills.

• People should work hard to save and wisely invest their earnings.

• Individuals should become life-long learners to adapt to shifting work environments.

Reread this section of text to determine the meaning of augmentation: "When it comes to more complex tasks, the role of AI will be to augment human skills. For example, it will help healthcare professionals to analyze medical images and patient data, and lawyers will use it to quickly summarize documents and identify relevant information and arguments."

• the act or process of teaching or mentoring

• augmentation means learning from robots

• the act or process of helping or improving

• augmentation means being replaced by a robot

PART A: Which statement best explains the reason people have a pessimistic view about the future of AI?

• Most people believe that the future impact of AI is “all hype”.

• Some people fear that AI will take on all boring, dirty, & difficult jobs we don’t want.

• AI is going to have a hugely transformative impact on how we live, work, and play.

• Many people fear widespread unemployment due to job automation.

What is the best way that people can prepare for the unknown in the future? Select ALL THAT APPLY.

• Be a life-long learner to increase professional adaptability in a changing marketplace.

• Work, save, and invest as much as possible before AI takes over.

• Protest any company that decides to AI instead of humans in the workplace.

• Become valuable by seeking & working highly-skilled, human-focused, & creative jobs.

• Purchase hair color to cover gray hair caused by stress.

Reread this section of text to determine the meaning of exacerbate: "In the other, those whose roles are displaced by AI find it difficult to transition into the more rewarding roles, ultimately becoming unemployed or under-employed. This could exacerbate existing inequalities, strain social support systems and disrupt society in many unpleasant ways."

• means causing people to panic

• means to make a bad situation worse

• means making it difficult to transition

• means to decrease something

As we transition to a more AI dominant workplace, what support will be offered to current employees?

• Companies will offer employees opportunities to be retrained & reskilled.

• The government will train current employees to be future soldiers.

• The government will allow people to renew their passport and move to another country.

• No support will be given to help people secure better job opportunities.

We need to have ------------- when market trends change or when our current job no longer exists.

• career paths
• models
• alternative careers
• payment

Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.

The willingness or capability to change is known as __________.

• emotional intelligence

• intrapersonal

• deference

• adaptability