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BRIEFING NOTE: AI and Employment Opportunities: Fostering Skill Development for

11 Dec 2023

■ Maths, programming, and social skills are likely to be the skills of the future as AI develops. [...] 1 THE ISSUE ative to understand how technology is reshap- ing the nature of work, the implications of these Last month, the United Kingdom hosted the in- changes for contemporary generations, and the augural global summit on Artificial Intelligence skills necessary to secure employment for future (AI), known as the 2023 AI Safety Summit. [...] While the realism of this statement The impact of technology on work revolves can be debated, it prompts a critical question: around the transformation of tasks executed by when is such a scenario likely to be achieved? the workforce. [...] First, AI has the potential to replace tunities in the meantime? a more extensive array of tasks than previous To address the pressing issue of employment technologies. [...] To thrive in this Who Gets the Top Jobs? The Role of Family Back- changing landscape, current and future genera- ground and Networks in Recent Graduates’ Ac- tions need to learn skills that are key to the fu- cess to High-status Professions.
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