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According to LinkedIn, many of the jobs we aspire to fill today have title descriptions that did not exist 25 years ago. Among these jobs are social media influencer, online content creator, knowledge architect, prompt engineer, story-teller, growth officer, and conversation designer. Many of these newer positions involve working with Artificial Intelligence.

THE TRANSFORMATION IS UNDERWAY

Can you predict the many ways that AI is going to transform your work future? Can you envision jobs related to AI that you would like to hold four to five years from now? According to The Wall Street Journal, there are four jobs that organizations will likely need qualified people to fill: They are The Explainer—persons able to explain how AI works;The Chooser—persons able to decide the technology or AI systems that is best suited for each specific task; The Auditor and Cleaner—persons able to resolve problems like bias and skewed outcomes attributable to AI; and The Trainer—persons able to instruct workers on how to use and get the most out of emerging technologies.

WHAT’S NEXT?

What other positions can you see being redefined or reshaped in the evolving workplace? To be sure, working and learning will merge. Being AI fluent will become a necessary skill for employment.

ACTION PLAN

Imagine a self-wanted ad written a few years from now that would be of interest to you. Here’s an idea: write your own dream help-wanted ad. Then ask AI to rewrite it. Did the technology change everything? Did it help you “rethink” how you see yourself working? Did it lead you to a career opportunity you had not yet considered? It’s time to intentionally prepare yourself to ask the right questions about the trajectory you’d like your career embody.