How to AI-Proof Your Career

In 2023, artificial intelligence is on everyone’s mind. You’ve probably heard of people using ChatGPT to draft code and cover letters or that AI-created art is winning first-place prizes at the Colorado State Fair. Truth is, AI has made incredible progress in the past five years. It’s no longer seen as a futuristic dream but a modern-day reality that has become increasingly accessible to both individuals and businesses. Rapidly advancing AI has helped us develop vaccines analyze data at record-breaking speeds and improve business performance across industries. It has also stoked long-held fears of AI replacing human workers. And that’s a reasonable concern, as businesses may find that AI automation is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to human labor in some roles.
Let’s explore the potential impact of AI on certain fields, how you can AI-proof your career and even use AI to increase your value as an employee.

The potential impact of AI

In its current form, AI looks much different than how it has often been depicted in science fiction. Instead of the malevolent HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey or the humanoid machines of I, Robot, modern AI is a type of computer programming that uses computers and machines to mimic human intelligence and behavior. It can be deployed in a variety of ways (many of which you probably already use, whether you’re aware that it was AI or not!) from the iPhone’s Siri voice assistant and email spam filters to more-advanced apps like Midjourney, ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion.

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