AI Education Won’t Future-Proof The American Workforce. Here’s Why
AI education is the right answer to the wrong question. To navigate an uncertain future, Americans need foreign language skills, not faster language models.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pialauritzen/2025/04/27/ai-education-wont-future-proof-the-american-workforce-heres-why/
But the question shouldn’t be ‘How do we make AI part of every child’s upbringing?’ Rather, political and corporate leaders should ask themselves, ‘How do we cultivate the skills everyone needs to navigate an uncertain future with rapid changes in technology, geopolitics, health, climate, etc.?’ Being able to adapt to change, focus on what’s relevant, switch between tasks, manage conflict, and recognize systems that may be different are all important aspects of the answer to this question.
You cultivate them collectively with vertical development.
This is also similar to what I’ve said before in the past.
The future of work isn’t about learning to code. It’s about learning to recode yourself.