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Hans India
12-08-2025
- Hans India
Mid-career professionals have one major advantage over AIs
Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions 'prompting ChatGPT' or 'running this through AI', and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You're not alone. There's a growing narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) is inherently ageist, that older workers will be disproportionately hit by job displacement and are more reluctant to adopt AI tools. But such assumptions – especially that youth is a built-in advantage when it comes to AI – might not actually hold. While ageism in hiring is a real concern, if you have decades of work experience, your skills, knowledge and judgement could be exactly what's needed to harness AI's power – without falling into its traps. What does the research say? The research on who benefits most from AI at work is surprisingly murky, partly because it's still early days for systematic studies on AI and work. Some research suggests lower-skilled workers might have more to gain than high-skilled workers on certain straightforward tasks. The picture becomes much less clear under real-world conditions, especially for complex work that relies heavily on judgement and experience. Through our Skills Horizon research project, where we've been talking to Australian and global senior leaders across different industries, we're hearing a more nuanced story. Many older workers do experience AI as deeply unsettling. As one US-based CEO of a large multinational corporation told us: 'AI can be a form of existential challenge, not only to what you're doing, but how you view yourself.' But leaders are also observing an important and unexpected distinction: experienced workers are often much better at judging the quality of AI outputs. This might become one of the most important skills, given that AI occasionally hallucinates or gets things wrong. The CEO of a South American creative agency put it bluntly: 'Senior colleagues are using multiple AIs. If they don't have the right solution, they re-prompt, iterate, but the juniors are satisfied with the first answer, they copy, paste and think they're finished. They don't yet know what they are looking for, and the danger is that they will not learn what to look for if they keep working that way.' Experience as an AI advantage: Experienced workers have a crucial advantage when it comes to prompting AI: they understand context and usually know how to express it clearly. While a junior advertising creative might ask an AI to 'Write copy for a sustainability campaign', a seasoned account director knows to specify 'Write conversational social media copy for a sustainable fashion brand targeting eco-conscious millennials, emphasising our client's zero-waste manufacturing process and keeping the tone authentic but not preachy'. This skill mirrors what experienced professionals do when briefing junior colleagues or freelancers: providing detailed instructions, accounting for audience, objectives, and constraints. It's a competency developed through years of managing teams and projects. Younger workers, despite their comfort with technology, may be at a disadvantage here. There's a crucial difference between using technology frequently and using it well. Many young people may become too accustomed to AI assistance. A survey of US teens this year found that 72 per cent had used an AI companion app. Some children and teens are turning to chatbots for everyday decisions. Without the professional experience to recognise when something doesn't quite fit, younger workers risk accepting AI responses that feel right – effectively 'vibing' their work – rather than developing the analytical skills to evaluate AI usefulness. So, what can you do? First, everyone benefits from learning more about AI. In our time educating everyone from students to senior leaders and CEOs, we find that misunderstandings about how AI works have little to do with age. A good place to start is reading up on what AI is and what it can do for you: What is AI? Where does AI come from? How does AI learn? What can AI do? What makes a good AI prompt? If you're not even sure which AI platform to try, we would recommend testing the most prominent ones, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini. If you're an experienced worker feeling threatened by AI, lean into your strengths. Your decades of experience with delegation, context-setting, and critical evaluation are exactly what AI tools need. Start small. Pick one regular work task and experiment with AI assistance, using your judgement to evaluate and refine outputs. Practice prompting like you're briefing a junior colleague-be specific about context, constraints, and desired outcomes, and repeat the process as needed. Most importantly, don't feel threatened. In a workplace increasingly filled with AI-generated content, your ability to spot what doesn't quite fit, and to know what questions to ask, has never been more valuable. (The writers are from the University of Sydney)
Indian Express
10-08-2025
- Indian Express
Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don't fear AI – you could have this important advantage
Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions 'prompting ChatGPT' or 'running this through AI', and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You're not alone. There's a growing narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) is inherently ageist, that older workers will be disproportionately hit by job displacement and are more reluctant to adopt AI tools. But such assumptions – especially that youth is a built-in advantage when it comes to AI – might not actually hold. While ageism in hiring is a real concern, if you have decades of work experience, your skills, knowledge and judgement could be exactly what's needed to harness AI's power – without falling into its traps. The research on who benefits most from AI at work is surprisingly murky, partly because it's still early days for systematic studies on AI and work. Some research suggests lower-skilled workers might have more to gain than high-skilled workers on certain straightforward tasks. The picture becomes much less clear under real-world conditions, especially for complex work that relies heavily on judgement and experience. Through our Skills Horizon research project, where we've been talking to Australian and global senior leaders across different industries, we're hearing a more nuanced story. Many older workers do experience AI as deeply unsettling. As one US-based CEO of a large multinational corporation told us: 'AI can be a form of existential challenge, not only to what you're doing, but how you view yourself.' But leaders are also observing an important and unexpected distinction: experienced workers are often much better at judging the quality of AI outputs. This might become one of the most important skills, given that AI occasionally hallucinates or gets things wrong. The CEO of a South American creative agency put it bluntly: 'Senior colleagues are using multiple AIs. If they don't have the right solution, they re-prompt, iterate, but the juniors are satisfied with the first answer, they copy, paste and think they're finished. They don't yet know what they are looking for, and the danger is that they will not learn what to look for if they keep working that way.' Experienced workers have a crucial advantage when it comes to prompting AI: they understand context and usually know how to express it clearly. While a junior advertising creative might ask an AI to 'Write copy for a sustainability campaign', a seasoned account director knows to specify 'Write conversational social media copy for a sustainable fashion brand targeting eco-conscious millennials, emphasising our client's zero-waste manufacturing process and keeping the tone authentic but not preachy'. This skill mirrors what experienced professionals do when briefing junior colleagues or freelancers: providing detailed instructions, accounting for audience, objectives, and constraints. It's a competency developed through years of managing teams and projects. Younger workers, despite their comfort with technology, may actually be at a disadvantage here. There's a crucial difference between using technology frequently and using it well. Many young people may become too accustomed to AI assistance. A survey of US teens this year found 72 per cent had used an AI companion app. Some children and teens are turning to chatbots for everyday decisions. Without the professional experience to recognise when something doesn't quite fit, younger workers risk accepting AI responses that feel right – effectively 'vibing' their work – rather than developing the analytical skills to evaluate AI usefulness. First, everyone benefits from learning more about AI. In our time educating everyone from students to senior leaders and CEOs, we find that misunderstandings about how AI works have little to do with age. A good place to start is reading up on what AI is and what it can do for you: What is AI? Where does AI come from? How does AI learn? What can AI do? What makes a good AI prompt? If you're not even sure which AI platform to try, we would recommend testing the most prominent ones, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini. If you're an experienced worker feeling threatened by AI, lean into your strengths. Your decades of experience with delegation, context-setting, and critical evaluation are exactly what AI tools need. Start small. Pick one regular work task and experiment with AI assistance, using your judgement to evaluate and refine outputs. Practice prompting like you're briefing a junior colleague: be specific about context, constraints, and desired outcomes, and repeat the process as needed. Most importantly, don't feel threatened. In a workplace increasingly filled with AI-generated content, your ability to spot what doesn't quite fit, and to know what questions to ask, has never been more valuable.
Economic Times
10-08-2025
- Economic Times
Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don't fear AI - you could have this important advantage
ET Online Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions "prompting ChatGPT" or "running this through AI", and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You're not alone. There's a growing narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) is inherently ageist, that older workers will be disproportionately hit by job displacement and are more reluctant to adopt AI tools. But such assumptions - especially that youth is a built-in advantage when it comes to AI - might not actually hold. While ageism in hiring is a real concern, if you have decades of work experience, your skills, knowledge and judgement could be exactly what's needed to harness AI's power - without falling into its traps. What does the research say? The research on who benefits most from AI at work is surprisingly murky, partly because it's still early days for systematic studies on AI and work. Some research suggests lower-skilled workers might have more to gain than high-skilled workers on certain straightforward tasks. The picture becomes much less clear under real-world conditions, especially for complex work that relies heavily on judgement and experience. Through our Skills Horizon research project, where we've been talking to Australian and global senior leaders across different industries, we're hearing a more nuanced story. Many older workers do experience AI as deeply unsettling. As one US-based CEO of a large multinational corporation told us: "AI can be a form of existential challenge, not only to what you're doing, but how you view yourself." But leaders are also observing an important and unexpected distinction: experienced workers are often much better at judging the quality of AI outputs. This might become one of the most important skills, given that AI occasionally hallucinates or gets things wrong. The CEO of a South American creative agency put it bluntly: "Senior colleagues are using multiple AIs. If they don't have the right solution, they re-prompt, iterate, but the juniors are satisfied with the first answer, they copy, paste and think they're finished. They don't yet know what they are looking for, and the danger is that they will not learn what to look for if they keep working that way." Experience as an AI advantage Experienced workers have a crucial advantage when it comes to prompting AI: they understand context and usually know how to express it clearly. While a junior advertising creative might ask an AI to "Write copy for a sustainability campaign", a seasoned account director knows to specify "Write conversational social media copy for a sustainable fashion brand targeting eco-conscious millennials, emphasising our client's zero-waste manufacturing process and keeping the tone authentic but not preachy". This skill mirrors what experienced professionals do when briefing junior colleagues or freelancers: providing detailed instructions, accounting for audience, objectives, and constraints. It's a competency developed through years of managing teams and projects. Younger workers, despite their comfort with technology, may actually be at a disadvantage here. There's a crucial difference between using technology frequently and using it well. Many young people may become too accustomed to AI assistance. A survey of US teens this year found 72 per cent had used an AI companion app. Some children and teens are turning to chatbots for everyday decisions. Without the professional experience to recognise when something doesn't quite fit, younger workers risk accepting AI responses that feel right - effectively "vibing" their work - rather than developing the analytical skills to evaluate AI usefulness. So what can you do? First, everyone benefits from learning more about AI. In our time educating everyone from students to senior leaders and CEOs, we find that misunderstandings about how AI works have little to do with age. A good place to start is reading up on what AI is and what it can do for you: What is AI? Where does AI come from? How does AI learn? What can AI do? What makes a good AI prompt? If you're not even sure which AI platform to try, we would recommend testing the most prominent ones, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini. If you're an experienced worker feeling threatened by AI, lean into your strengths. Your decades of experience with delegation, context-setting, and critical evaluation are exactly what AI tools need. Start small. Pick one regular work task and experiment with AI assistance, using your judgement to evaluate and refine outputs. Practice prompting like you're briefing a junior colleague: be specific about context, constraints, and desired outcomes, and repeat the process as needed. 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Time of India
10-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don't fear AI
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions "prompting ChatGPT" or "running this through AI", and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You're not a growing narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) is inherently ageist, that older workers will be disproportionately hit by job displacement and are more reluctant to adopt AI such assumptions - especially that youth is a built-in advantage when it comes to AI - might not actually ageism in hiring is a real concern, if you have decades of work experience, your skills, knowledge and judgement could be exactly what's needed to harness AI's power - without falling into its does the research say?The research on who benefits most from AI at work is surprisingly murky, partly because it's still early days for systematic studies on AI and research suggests lower-skilled workers might have more to gain than high-skilled workers on certain straightforward tasks. The picture becomes much less clear under real-world conditions, especially for complex work that relies heavily on judgement and our Skills Horizon research project, where we've been talking to Australian and global senior leaders across different industries, we're hearing a more nuanced older workers do experience AI as deeply unsettling. As one US-based CEO of a large multinational corporation told us: "AI can be a form of existential challenge, not only to what you're doing, but how you view yourself."But leaders are also observing an important and unexpected distinction: experienced workers are often much better at judging the quality of AI outputs. This might become one of the most important skills, given that AI occasionally hallucinates or gets things CEO of a South American creative agency put it bluntly: "Senior colleagues are using multiple AIs. If they don't have the right solution, they re-prompt, iterate, but the juniors are satisfied with the first answer, they copy, paste and think they're finished. They don't yet know what they are looking for, and the danger is that they will not learn what to look for if they keep working that way."Experienced workers have a crucial advantage when it comes to prompting AI: they understand context and usually know how to express it a junior advertising creative might ask an AI to "Write copy for a sustainability campaign", a seasoned account director knows to specify "Write conversational social media copy for a sustainable fashion brand targeting eco-conscious millennials, emphasising our client's zero-waste manufacturing process and keeping the tone authentic but not preachy".This skill mirrors what experienced professionals do when briefing junior colleagues or freelancers: providing detailed instructions, accounting for audience, objectives, and constraints. It's a competency developed through years of managing teams and workers, despite their comfort with technology, may actually be at a disadvantage here. There's a crucial difference between using technology frequently and using it young people may become too accustomed to AI assistance. A survey of US teens this year found 72 per cent had used an AI companion app. Some children and teens are turning to chatbots for everyday the professional experience to recognise when something doesn't quite fit, younger workers risk accepting AI responses that feel right - effectively "vibing" their work - rather than developing the analytical skills to evaluate AI everyone benefits from learning more about AI. In our time educating everyone from students to senior leaders and CEOs, we find that misunderstandings about how AI works have little to do with age.A good place to start is reading up on what AI is and what it can do for you:What is AI? Where does AI come from? How does AI learn? What can AI do? What makes a good AI prompt?If you're not even sure which AI platform to try, we would recommend testing the most prominent ones, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's you're an experienced worker feeling threatened by AI, lean into your strengths. Your decades of experience with delegation, context-setting, and critical evaluation are exactly what AI tools small. Pick one regular work task and experiment with AI assistance, using your judgement to evaluate and refine outputs. Practice prompting like you're briefing a junior colleague: be specific about context, constraints, and desired outcomes, and repeat the process as importantly, don't feel threatened. In a workplace increasingly filled with AI-generated content, your ability to spot what doesn't quite fit, and to know what questions to ask, has never been more valuable.
Cision Canada
16-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Seizing Canada's moment: Future Skills Centre announces $7.6 million investment in building skills and workforce resilience Français
TORONTO, June 16, 2025 /CNW/ - The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is driving innovation in skills development to help move the country forward through a $7.6 million investment funded by the Government of Canada's Future Skills program in 35 new projects to ensure Canada has a strong workforce for a resilient economy. With rapid economic shifts and the need for modernization of skills training, the FSC will invest in bold new ideas, scaling up proven solutions, and sharing insights across sectors and regions — so that Canada has people with the right skills, in the right places, at the right time. "This is Canada's moment to lead," says Noel Baldwin, FSC's Executive Director. "We see the challenges ahead – technological disruption, demographic shifts, global uncertainty – and we invest in workers and employers to build long-term, evidence-based solutions that will safeguard our future workforce. That's where FSC brings unique value." The new projects include both early-stage innovations and ready-to-launch programs that tackle today's most urgent skills challenges. They explore new ways to equip workers with green skills, strengthen digital and soft skills, support transitions to in-demand jobs, and help employers train and retain resilient teams. All funded projects align with the focus areas the Centre believes will support Canada's prosperity. "A strong Canada relies on a skilled workforce. To build the fastest growing economy in the G7, Canadians need skills training solutions that ensure they are ready for the careers of today and the future. Through these investments, over 103,000 Canadians across the country have gained access to skills training and employment opportunities that equip them to thrive in a rapidly evolving world," says Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario. FSC's impact reaches every province, territory and sector. The centre anticipates where the labour market is headed so Canadians can be ready, works on solutions to stay competitive and grows partnerships to achieve change in the labour market for the better. FSC has secured funding until March 2027 and will continue informing policy and practice and supporting employers, workers and practitioners as they adapt to change. FSC is founded by a consortium whose members are Toronto Metropolitan University, Blueprint, and The Conference Board of Canada. 35 new projects being launched. Quick Facts FSC is awarding $7.6 million in funding to 35 new projects selected from more than 780 ideas submitted through the Skills Horizon open call for proposals to support an inclusive future of work. Through our new Designing Solutions initiative, FSC is working directly with 10 partner organizations to co-design community-rooted, skills-based interventions that bring promising ideas to life. Over the past six years FSC has invested $286 million in 390+ research and pilot projects to help workers, employers and policymakers meet the challenges of our evolving economy. 2,900+ project partners from coast-to-coast-to-coast are actively working with FSC to test solutions, further skills research and share insights through knowledge mobilization 103,000+ people have received hands-on training and/or new job opportunities through FSC-funded projects. 74% of projects support underserved groups including Black youth, Indigenous Peoples, and newcomers to Canada. About FSC The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is a forward-thinking centre for research and collaboration dedicated to driving innovation in skills development so that everyone in Canada can be prepared for the future of work. We partner with policymakers, researchers, practitioners, employers and labour groups, and post-secondary institutions to solve pressing labour market challenges and ensure that everyone can benefit from relevant lifelong learning opportunities. We are founded by a consortium whose members are Toronto Metropolitan University, Blueprint, and The Conference Board of Canada, and are funded by the Government of Canada's Future Skills Program.
