Impact of AI on adult education.Teaching entire nations how to tell what is true…

Patrick Dixon is a global keynote speaker on HR, education and AI, author 19 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

Adult education and skills development will be a major priority for governments, including autocratic regimes and dictatorships, with all kinds of subsidies and grants becoming available, and new courses emerging in partnership with leading colleges and universities.

Governments will also lean on larger corporations to increase their own training budgets, not only for their own teams, but also to benefit the wider community, including donations of team time to colleges and secondary schools.

As we have seen, a single Microsoft initiative in the UK will result in a million more adults being trained to use AI. Expect many more commitments like this on a smaller scale.

Daily Telegraph review (14 September 2024 UK): 

"If you need to acquire instant AI mastery in time for your next board meeting, Dixon’s your man. 

Dixon gives us plenty to think about: AI’s role in surveillance; AI’s role in intellectual freedom and copyright; AI’s role in warfare; AI’s role in human obsolescence – his exhaustive list runs to over two dozen chapters.

Business types will enjoy Dixon's meticulous lists and his willingness to argue both sides against the middle."

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* Dr Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best known keynote speakers on global trends, often described as Europe’s leading Futurist. Author of 19 books, he has advised over 400 of the world’s largest corporations, often sharing platforms with their CEOs at their most important global events. His clients include Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn and many of the world’s largest manufacturers as well as governments. Patrick is a cancer physician by first training and his first start-up company some decades years ago was an AI-simulator, using computers to talk to and diagnose patients. His website globalchange.com has had 15 million unique visitors with 9 million video views.

How AI will change your life - Contents of Book

Chapter Headings:

Part One: How AI Is Evolving

1 The Truth About Artificial Intelligence 

2 Super-Smart AI and a Reality Check 

Part Two: How AI Will Shape Our Future World

3 Workplace AI

4 Office Workers - impact of AI

5 Healthcare - how AI will drive better health

6 Pharma, Disease Prevention and Wellness - how AI will transform pharma

7 Education – in School and at College - AI challenges to education

8 Adult Education and ‘Truth’ - why AI will redefine "Truth"

9 Software Development - AI will help but less than many think

10 Film-making and Music - get ready for AI revolution

11 Search Engines, Social Media, Publishing and Art - massive AI impact

12 Marketing - most campaigns will be driven entirely by AI

13 Retail - AI will have huge impact on retail eg fashion

14 Travel and Leisure - multiple impacts of AI on airlines, auto industry etc

15 Relationships - relationships with AI bots, and impact of AI on human to human relationships

16 Food Industry - AI will drive greater efficiency

17 Satellites and Space Colonies - impossible without AI

18 Manufacturing, Logistics and Supply Chains - major benefits from AI

19 Construction and Cities - AI will transform construction and the built environment

20 Environment - AI will consume huge amounts of power but also enable sustainability initiatives

21 Pensions and Wealth Management - AI already controls most investment decisions

22 Corporate and Retail Banking, and Insurance - AI poses major threats but will deliver cost savings

23 Cybersecurity - greatest risk from AI right now

24 Surveillance - AI is every dictator's dream tech

25 Military and War - get ready for AI driven wars

26 Government - AI will enhance government and threaten democracy 

Part Three: How Should We Respond?

27 Ten Steps for Governments 

28 Twelve Steps for Individuals 

29 Ten Steps for Companies 

30 Postscript – A Story