How to tell if AI threatens YOUR job

This post discusses the potential impact of generative AI on the information economy and white-collar jobs. The author identifies three criteria for jobs that are safe from AI replacement: novelty, unpredictability, and fragility.

The author suggests that workers should identify their contributions that have business value, foster high-trust relationships, and become enthusiastic early adopters of AI tools to prepare for the changes that AI innovations are likely to bring.

The author also argues that while generative AI tools like ChatGPT can be effective in certain tasks, they are not a threat to every job. The author gives examples of tasks that are difficult for AI to perform, such as programming, and suggests that workers in these fields should focus on developing skills that AI cannot replace, such as communication and collaboration.

The document also explores the impact of generative AI on the information economy and how it could lead to the upending of the current system based on user-generated content. The author notes that the winners in the economy may no longer be the best content creators, but the platforms that successfully achieve network effect and mediate everyone's experience with respect to a particular category of content.