As U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin predicts artificial intelligence (AI) won’t be a threat to American jobs over the next several decades, and still others opine on why he is wrong, both sides are missing an important point: No matter the pace of change as AI makes in-roads into the workplace, humans need more training and skills development in order to be equipped for tomorrow’s jobs.
Rather than trying to spin the future-of-AI story to match the Trump administration’s agenda of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., a better use of time and energy in Washington and elsewhere is to fill the skills gap for American workers.
