To prevent children from becoming the lost generation of workers, one expert recommends that parents teach them to use AI from the age of six.
Ed Broussard, CEO of Tomoro AI, helps companies navigate a market driven by artificial intelligence and has shared skills that the younger generation will need to live in a world that is quickly being swallowed up by it.
He told DailyMail.com that parents should allow their children to use chatbots like ChatGPT to create fun games, personalized stories based on their ideas and find answers to certain questions they frequently ask.
The AI expert has shared other skills that children will need, such as being able to think without the Internet and focusing on jobs that do not currently exist.
To prevent children from becoming the lost generation of workers, an expert recommends that parents teach them to use AI from the age of six
“I often joke with clients: The best person to hire at your company is the person who just cheated on their college exams using AI; they’ve already learned how to use AI to get great results,” Broussard said.
He added: “Employers of the future will need native AI users, where using AI to work faster, better and smarter comes naturally. But you can’t expect your children to adopt AI unless you are an AI yourself. model of positive AI behaviors.
He recommends that children start with AI while they are in primary school, and says the education system should also be geared towards teaching the technology.
Ed Broussard (pictured above) is the CEO of artificial intelligence company Tomoro AI.
“The jobs we will be doing will be completely different and will require a different set of skills,” Broussard said.
“We need to make that change now in our education systems, so as not to produce a lost generation of workers with the wrong skills for the post-AI world.”
So what skills will be in demand in an AI-driven future?
Broussard explained that soft skills such as leadership and the ability to think independently will continue to be valuable.
Being able to think without the internet
Many of us rely on Wikipedia, Google Maps, or Google Search to find data or directions.
A key skill in tomorrow’s world will be “outsourcing” thinking to an AI, Broussard said.
“The Internet reduced the value and need to remember things, even things as simple as directions home from a friend’s house,” he continued.
‘One of the problems that AI will bring is that it goes beyond simply providing information and can, in fact, replace the thinking of many people; creating personalized answers to very specific questions. As children adopt AI tools, it’s important that we also teach them to think and not outsource all that thinking to AI.’
‘You can help your children by encouraging their curiosity about the world.
‘Whenever your kids ask how something works, or why, follow along, use YouTube, Google, or even ChatGPT to start investigating how it works.
“Understanding how the world works will be vital in the future as more and more work is done by AI and people will need the knowledge to understand and challenge the performance of AI systems.”
Artificial intelligence is expected to destroy many jobs in this decade
Ffocus on jobs that don’t exist yet
“Most young children in school today will be doing jobs that don’t exist yet,” Broussard said.
The World Economic Forum estimated that about 65 percent of children entering primary school today will end up working in jobs that currently do not exist.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been forceful in his predictions that AI will radically alter the labor market and eliminate some types of jobs.
“Office jobs as a whole will not be redundant, but will focus more on entrepreneurship, communication and leading teams (and AIs) to accomplish tasks rather than repetitively performing the tasks themselves,” Broussard said.
“That means memory and the ability to follow structured processes will be less important, but communication, problem solving, ideation and creativity will still be critical to a successful life.”
learn a job
Current jobs that require memory and training around facts and procedures, such as accounting, will lose value, Broussard explained.
“More and more of those jobs are being done by AI,” he continued.
‘In a world of so much uncertainty, planning skills for a specific career is probably not the way to go.
“Encourage your kids to do what they love, but make sure they do it with AI as a partner to set them up for success,” Broussard said.
But it could be useful to prepare children for jobs such as teaching, nursing or trades, he explained.
“Industries such as carpentry, plumbing and electricians, where practical applications and on-site problem solving are required, will be much less affected,” Broussard said.