Every year, artificial intelligence is becoming more perfect. According to preliminary data, in the next 15-20 years, about 32 percent of all jobs will be subject to automation, while 14 percent of them will become fully automated.
Currently, 60% of the adult population does not have the appropriate skills for job creation. Which in the end can lead to the fact that people will be replaced by robots. However, according to Neil Irwin, senior economic correspondent for the New York Times, in order to avoid this, a person needs to be able to change and be flexible. Only in this case can complete automation be avoided and your workplace saved.
There is an exit
According to Irvin, first of all, people should think about the fact that in the modern world it’s not enough just to work hard. “I think that we constantly learn something throughout our lives. If you have learned to do something better than others, then you definitely need to develop this talent,” he said. “But the reality is that the modern world welcomes flexibility, the ability to adapt and work in various specialized fields, as well as the ability to work as a team to achieve even greater production results. "
Modern professional activity
Irwin compared modern professional activity to a relay race, in which it is important not only how quickly you get to the finish line, but also how correctly and accurately you can make the transfer. Now companies usually need universal employees who show high results while working in a team.
Most likely, this will mean that people need to learn how to work comfortably with discomfort. According to Irwin, a person must learn to adapt to various conditions. Either people will learn to adapt to any conditions and situations, or machines will do it for us. The correspondent is sure that each of us will be able to cross this line and achieve success. No one is born professional. For example, to become a good speaker, you must constantly work on yourself, improve your skills and develop completely in different directions and areas. Only aspiration and perseverance, as well as team spirit will help preserve jobs for a person and prevent automation from winning this war.
Training
Each person in a professional plan should develop and improve their skills as a specialist. You can not stop there. To do this, now everyone is offered continuing education and retraining courses. Thanks to them, a unique opportunity has arisen to “reboot” your career and try yourself in something new.
Another way of growth in the organization is the opportunity to become the head of the team, which will jointly solve the tasks and achieve high indicators.
Irwin added that while we should still be afraid of automation, the main panic about this is bloated. "The problem is not to be afraid or not to be afraid of automation, the key is to make sure that you understand how your industry is changing, how automation will affect it and that you can be the person who controls this automation, controls this change, and not to those who are victims of this, who must find something completely new, "he said.