How to switch to an AI career in 5 steps?
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Is it still cold where you are? Today's main topics include:
How to switch to an AI career in 5 steps?
How to find a job or internship using AI?
Do you know what the fastest-growing jobs are?
Can AI improve your rizz? make life better by helping with decisions?
Let's dive in.
Skill Evolution
On Wednesday, YouTube announced layoffs in its operations and creator management teams. Though the year has just started, Google seems to be in the news the most. Their CEO hinted at possibly bigger moves coming up. Why? Beyond the usual AI tech reasons, these top managers have their own business logic.
Is AI replacing workers? A survey says 68% of CEOs think AI could boost sales and profits. How? Cutting labor costs is one way (Business Insider listed 10 jobs AI might replace. Click to see). Why? Because AI is seen as a tool that will replace labor in the long run.
For job seekers, figuring out how to keep their jobs stable and secure during political unrest and the rise of AI and automation is crucial. Many have to face the reality of changing their skills.
It is the first technology that goes after the white collar work ... If the [this] lower half of cognitive work gets taken over by genAI, it implies that you've got to learn critical thinking. That means critical thinking, regardless of which domain you're in, becomes the skill that is far, far more needed.
- Arvind Krishna, IBM Chairman and CEO.
The AI Age Will Be an Era of Upskilling.
- [SpickWorks] -
Five Steps to Start a Career in AI
Facing the job cuts mentioned earlier or feeling unsure about how to switch careers? This article talks about a reader named Rick changing careers.
It says to get into AI, figure out your skills now, find skills you can use in both jobs, learn AI tech, add AI stuff to your resume, and take time to learn and get used to it. Hope this gives you ideas for your career change. Check out the article on [ZDNET].
AI-Proofing Your Career with Skills
Change the story from AI taking jobs to using it to your advantage. Check out these simple steps from experts. They stress to protect your job from AI, focus on learning about AI, emotional smarts, creativity, and eight different skills to keep your career safe. Read the action tips or strategies on [Tech.co].
Leveraging AI in Your Job Searches
AI has changed how we look for jobs and internships. It's now used for things like checking resumes and interviews. With such changes, it's key to use these tools correctly and fairly.
UC Davis's Internship and Career Center has a guide with example prompts. If you're looking for a job or an internship, [this guide] might be helpful.
The Fastest Growing Tech Jobs
In 2024, AI-related roles like AI consultants and AI engineers are among the fastest-growing tech jobs, reflecting the increasing integration of AI in various industries.
In the U.S. job market, other fast-growing jobs mainly focus on business development in tech industries. Check out the full list on [Life Hacker].
Evolving Finance Skills in the AI Era
Almost overnight, AI and automation seem set to change how finance folks work and what they need to know. McKinsey has advice on how finance skills are changing. You can break down and similarly analyze your job.
They split the top 30 skills into four big areas: 1) knowing finance stuff, 2) handling financial data, processes, and tech, 3) using financial info to help the business, and 4) leading yourself, teams, and the whole organization. Read more on [McKinsey] or this [PDF].
Knowledge Compass
AI and the Risk of Learning Loss
When people cheer for the productivity boost from AI, two authors warn us. They say while AI can do boring tasks, depending too much on it might make us learn less and reduce our skills. They suggest using AI in a balanced way.
Their advice is based on a study about Python programmers outsourcing tasks. I think whether giving jobs to AI affects our productivity depends on if the outsourced tasks are key to our work. But anyway, keep learning is always important for us. If you're interested, check out [SCMP].
Can ChatGPT Train Me For a Marathon?
Marathon training is a complex, highly personalized system, but it's often too expensive for most runners. As a part of this system, the writer is curious and worried about AI replacing their job.
From experiments, while ChatGPT can create detailed marathon training plans, its limits in personalization beyond data and making real-time changes show we still need human coaches.
But I think there will be fewer coaches of this system in the future. For more, read [Outside].
Life Enhancer
AI Enhances Life by Removing Decision Bottlenecks
In our lives, many choices are like multiple-choice questions, picking from set options. This standard way of choosing often ignores our unique needs. But AI can change this way of deciding. It gets rid of this limiting step.
Instead of forcing what you like into limited choices, AI lets you make more specific choices. This includes democracy too. For more, read [Fast Company].
Can Dating App AI Increase My Rizz?
AI is changing dating apps by helping make profiles, find partners, and write messages. It aims to give people a good first impression and start conversations.
But many things that attract people to each other can't be shared just through digital ways. And you can't keep up a relationship with just temporary, fake changes to who you are. Too much AI use may turn online dating into a kind of boring, predictable show.
Check out this article on [Dazed] to see what the author thinks after trying two dating apps.