Patrick Dixon is a global keynote speaker on AI for media, TV, movies etc, author of 18 books

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THE FASTEST GROWTH in AI spending will be in the media industry, and film-making / movie-making is just one example of this.

Total media spending on AI will increase by at least 30% a year for the next decade.

Globally, media companies are already investing $20bn a year on things ranging from image production to video game development, detection of fake stories and plagiarism, production planning, sales and marketing and talent finding.

Every aspect of media production is already undergoing a massive revolution.

Indeed there is no other sphere of life apart from software development that is changing so radically and so fast in response to AI.

Patrick Dixon is a global keynote speaker on AI / software development, author 18 books

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OVER $2TN WILL BE SPENT by companies and governments on AI between now and 2030, and most of that will be extra people costs, employing vast numbers of systems developers and AI experts, which tells you all you need to know about job prospects in the IT sector. 

But as we will see, developers and their computer systems make mistakes which can take decades to become apparent, and all kinds of errors will find themselves worked into AI, some of which will have very serious consequences.

One of the areas of work that in theory will be most impacted by AI is coding software itself. Over the last two decades we have already seen the development of a growing number of high-level languages, where words and phrases are interpreted by software to tell the system what to do.

And the software industry is one where many wild forecasts have been made, alleging that major disruption and redundancies will surely happen on a large scale. Indeed, surveys of software developers show that 30% believe that their own jobs will be replaced by AI ‘in the foreseeable future’ – but how soon is that?

And are they right?

Patrick Dixon is a global keynote speaker on HR, education and AI, author 18 books

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A BILLION JOBS will be changed by AI over the next thirty years, so a billion workers will need new skills. They will also need practical advice on managing those transitions. 

As a result, ‘lifelong learning’ will take on a new urgency, with tens of thousands of new start-ups over the next twenty years, all offering specialist adult re-education, mostly online. 

And for reasons we will see below, democratic governments will also want to train entire populations to better recognise ‘truth’.

Here are ten future growth areas for adult education, responding to AI:

◆ Apprenticeships – practical workplace skills plus classrooms covering topics like AI

◆ Internships – professional learning experience plus classrooms covering topics like AI

◆ New skills for existing jobs – e.g. AI apps for publishing or media generation

◆ How to apply for new jobs – what AI recruitment tools are looking for, etc.

◆ Minor career changes – e.g. from accounts management to training others

◆ Major career changes – e.g. from logistics management to becoming an electrician

◆ Career break – how to plan, finance and enjoy your own unpaid sabbatical

◆ Start-up training – how to find your market, grow your business

◆ Semi-retirement – from full-time threatened role to part-time secure

◆ Retirement – how to enjoy this new phase of life

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AI WILL AUTOMATE the very best and the very worst in teaching today, but education itself will be completely transformed, not only for young people but also for adults. 

AI is already making a massive difference for students, but in some cases it could be argued that it is weakening their actual learning experience:

◆ Completing weeks of coursework on almost any topic within seconds or minutes

◆ Saving huge amounts of time researching complex issues

◆ ‘Safety check’ before submission of any important work, looking for major errors/omissions

◆ Virtual tutors provide instant feedback, tailoring individual learning to each situation