Human Choices Will Decide What Happens To Jobs
Almost daily, new headlines claim that artificial intelligence will either destroy work as we know it or usher us into a golden age of human creativity. Both stories contain a grain of truth. But the binary options of apocalypse or utopia miss the real force that produces the outcome: human choices. How employers redesign jobs, how policymakers steer adoption, and how quickly people learn new skills will matter more than any technical milestone.
To cut through the noise, here are five AI and jobs story lines on a spectrum from “machines take over” to “humans level up.” This spectrum approach may help us communicate with each other in more nuanced ways rather than arguing past each other.
