Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman says he advises his teenager to learn this skill to succeed in AI age: ‘Develop your…'
Amazon Web Services
(AWS) CEO
Matt Garman
has said that mastering 'soft skills' like creativity and adaptability, rather than highly technical knowledge, is key to succeeding in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). In a recent CNBC 'Closing Bell Overtime' interview, Garman shared the advice he gave his teenage child, who is in high school, which was:
'Develop your critical thinking skills in college, no matter what subject you study.'
Garman believes that as more AI-powered tools become commonplace in the workplace, employers will increasingly value these human-centric skills over machine learning degrees.
'I think part of going to college is building [your] critical thinking. It's less about the development of skills, and it really is [about] how do you become a critical thinker? In some ways, I think that's actually going to be the most important skill going forward,'
Garman noted. He added that in the age of AI, most people's top skill for achieving success will be critical thinking.
'You're going to want to be creative. You're going to want to be [good at] critical thinking. And you're going to want to be flexible. I think the ability to learn new things and adapt is going to be just as important as any particular skill that you learn,'
Garman continued.
How AI may not be able to replace some human jobs
The range of skills and administrative tasks AI can perform is expanding rapidly. Garman's employer Amazon, is among several companies planning to shrink corporate staff while increasing the use of AI tools and agents in the coming years.
However, research shows that AI still falls short of human intelligence in applying critical thinking and creativity to develop new ideas and make nuanced decisions.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also called critical thinking 'the most valuable skill of the future' for workers, especially those responsible for curating and refining AI-generated output, during a January 2024 event at Howard University.
'AI can generate lots of great ideas, but you still need a human there to say, 'This is the thing other people want,''
Altman explained.
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