Very soon, to hope to land a job, you will first have to know about AI

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In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), employees, and job seekers in general, will have to adapt. Because change is inevitable. From personal to professional life, AI is already intruding into our routines, sometimes creating disruptions but sometimes offering significant improvements.

The rise of generative AI, especially following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, has sparked much discussion about its potential impact.

One of the most pressing concerns is the anticipated displacement of jobs due to the adoption of AI in the job market.

“The emergence of human-machine collaborative intelligence is creating a new paradigm in which humans are no longer truly the sole Source of strength in the workplace”Xiaochen Zhang, founder and CEO of AI 2030, told Euronews Next.

Recently, at an event in Zurich, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, describes the impact of AI as a “tsunami” which will hit the workforce.

According to her, AI is likely to affect 60% of jobs in advanced economies and 40% of jobs worldwide, but there is little time to prepare.

However, despite these impending changes, the era where AI will completely take over human tasks has not yet arrived.

According to Xiaochen Zhang, in today’s market, humans still play a fundamental role and machines have not yet replaced them, with more emphasis on human-machine collaboration.

“Each job will potentially be redesigned according to the concept of human-machine collaborative intelligence”said Mr. Zhang.

“This concept is in itself very powerful: the machine will play a much more important role than before, it will no longer be a tool, it will be part of the work itself”he added.

While the presence of AI in the workplace is not a new phenomenon, new research confirms its potential impact on the job market, particularly at the hiring stage.

A report joint* of LinkedIn and Microsoft revealed that 66% of executives would not consider hiring candidates without AI skills.

Furthermore, the report showed that 71% of leaders would likely choose a less experienced candidate with AI capabilities rather than a more experienced candidate lacking such skills.

People are taking matters into their own hands by learning to use AI tools and integrating them into their job tasks, with 75% of knowledge workers admitting to using AI in the workplace, according to the report.

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While AI has not yet fully taken over human tasks, not all jobs are expected to be affected in the same way, and some may even be at risk of disappearing.

“If humans want to remain competitive in the job market, in competition with other humans, AI becomes a differentiator”said Mr. Zhang.

For example, Mr. Zhang explains that the creative industry is poised for a huge change as AI technology improves.

Some tasks, such as content creation, design, research, and editing, could easily be done using AI tools that are constantly improving in terms of quality and efficiency.

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According to Mr. Zhang, the solution is to master the use of these AI tools and leverage those skills to rethink how work gets done.

For example, people can learn to ask and communicate effectively with large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, which are continually gaining more advanced capabilities.

By mastering these skills, professionals can take advantage of the growing demand for mastery of AI tools.

While it is important to adopt AI tools and learn how to use them, people could also focus on improving the skills that set them apart from AIaccording to experts.

According to Zhang, authenticity and human creation could become more valuable because human creativity is fueled by life experiences that machines cannot replicate.

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But he believes it is the responsibility of companies to rethink the way work is done in order to harness people’s skills for better collaboration between man and machine.