Future-Proof Your Career Against AI

If you’re worried that AI could replace you, you’re not alone. But while the fast-developing technology is certain to disrupt many jobs and industries, you can take steps now to future-proof your career.

• Hone the people skills AI imitates. While AI can display empathy, self-awareness, and creativity, it’s important to remember that this is just an illusion. People skills still belong to people.
• Double down on the real world. AI can’t disrupt our analog work or our physical, in-person connections with each other. Carve out time to safeguard that work and those relationships.
• Invest in your personal brand. Especially when it comes to creative fields, strong human brands will continue to be more valuable than generic AI work.
• Develop recognized expertise in your industry. Even if AI performs “first draft” functions, its output still has to be double-checked by a trusted, reliable source. If that’s you, you’ll continue to be sought out because you’ll have the ability to vet and refine AI’s responses.
• Avoid predictability. It’s important to remember that AI isn’t generating new insights; it’s a prediction engine. If you want to stand out, you may be better served (in some cases) by doing the opposite of what it suggests, because you’ll be bucking conventional wisdom.