The article discusses a study by the McKinsey Global Institute that predicts nearly 12 million US workers may need to switch jobs by 2030 due to the impact of AI and other factors. Lower-wage workers are expected to be most affected, with up to 14 times more likely to need to change occupations. The study identifies four categories of jobs that will see the most declines: office support, customer service and sales, food services, and production work. However, higher-wage professions in industries like healthcare, tech, and transportation are expected to grow.
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"For employees who miss the spontaneity, knowledge-sharing and freewheeling riffs of the old-world office—but not the hassle of a commute, or a calendar packed with meetings—AI provides a welcome alternative."—The New "Hybrid Work" is "AI + Humans" - JSTOR Daily
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"But remote employees seem to have made peace with a working life that offers fewer social gratifications: 94% of employees in remote-capable jobs want to keep working remote at least part of the time, according to a 2022 Gallup survey. We might miss the human contact with colleagues, but we don’t miss it enough to actually put on pants and go to the office every day."—The New "Hybrid Work" is "AI + Humans" - JSTOR Daily
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A survey conducted by Clarify Capital, a small business lender, found that GPT-4-generated pitches were three times more likely to secure funding than human ones. The survey asked 250 investors and 250 business owners to rate a set of human-created and GPT-4-generated pitch decks without letting the participants know that AI was involved. The AI-generated pitches beat out human ones in quality, key element description, and problem description. The survey also tested the effectiveness of the decks across different industries, including finance, marketing, and investment.
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Generative AI models, such as Stable Diffusion, are amplifying gender and racial biases in their outputs, according to an investigation by Bloomberg. The report found that the model depicted women and people of colour as underrepresented in high-paying jobs and overrepresented in low-paying ones. The model was also found to be inaccurate in its portrayal of skin tones and gender, and to have amplified stereotypes of race and gender in its outputs. The report warns that the use of such models in policing and other areas could exacerbate existing biases in the criminal justice system.
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A useful model, not just for school leaders.
“when supported by effective executive assistants, school leaders will be prepped on the way into meetings, present when in those meetings, and pushed forward by those meetings”—Making the Case for Effective Assistants
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There’s a wide range of possible effects of the use of AI at work. Some people will use AI as a tool, augmenting their value. Some don’t have value outside of what AI can produce. The biggest point is that everyone needs to learn how to use this tool or be replaced.
“The most common use cases for AI will likely be saving workers time so they can concentrate on higher-value work or adding additional value to their work. A graphic designer, writer or software developer, for example, can often be more productive with AI-generated first drafts. But that additional productivity won’t necessarily...... read more >
“During the first three months of 2023, U.S. office vacancy topped 20 percent for the first time in decades. In San Francisco, Dallas, and Houston, vacancy rates are as high as 25 percent. These figures understate the severity of the crisis because they only cover spaces that are no longer leased. Most office leases were signed before the pandemic and have yet to come up for renewal. Actual office use points to a further decrease in demand. Attendance in the 10 largest business districts is still below 50 percent of its pre-COVID level, as white-collar employees spend an estimated 28 percent...... read more >
"Users also ranked creativity as the number one skill necessary to use the technology efficiently, followed by prompt engineering, strategy and editing."—Essential Skills for Efficient Technology Use
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"Now you could see the same effect on lots of white-collar work. Think translators, web designers, lawyers, coders, accountants, copywriters, or HR professionals. The skills developed through advanced degrees or years of experience in a specific role or company might soon be embedded into a generative AI tool, lowering the bar to entry. “—It's becoming clear that AI is going to whack the mediocre middle of office workers
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Traditional usability studies are effective, but limited in scope. They focus strictly on how "functional" an application is. Specifically, they determine whether a user can complete a strict series of tasks. I think this model is outdated and doesn't apply well to the Web. The goal is to replace the concept of usability. Or, rather, to supersede it. Audience Experience Optimization is a discipline that seeks to make certain that a viewer/participant of a Web site has a satisfying experience.
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