The hot new job skill: ChatGPT

There's been a lot of talk about how people are going to lose their jobs because they are being replaced by smart technology such as ChatGPT or other types of artificial intelligence. ??

But new technology is coming whether we like it or not. So, you have the choice of how you frame it: Is it a threat to your job? Or an opportunity? ??

"You are ?? responsible for keeping yourself relevant in your career," career coach Julie Bauke recently wrote on LinkedIn, sharing a post from Lucas Petty , the CEO of AI consulting firm AI Daddy :

But it's not just about playing with it a little and then listing it on your resume under skills. That's like knowing a few Spanish words and listing Spanish as a skill on your resume — you're going to be put on the spot when the hiring manager starts to try to have a conversación with you!

How do you say "Doh!" in Spanish?! ??

So, the key is to play with it enough that you actually know some interesting — and relevant — applications that you can discuss in the interview.

"Hiring managers care less about whether or not you use ChatGPT; what's more important is what you can accomplish with it," Juan Pablo Gonzalez , a senior client partner at global consulting firm 光辉国际 , told CNBC Make It.

Artificial intelligence was the dominant theme in the latest CNBC Disruptor 50 list, with ChatGPT developer OpenAI coming in at No. 1. Read more and check out the full list.

If you're not sure where to start, there are actually a few ChatGPT online classes you can take through the 密西根大学 , Coursera and other platforms.

This is actually a great tip for new grads (or anyone looking to expand their resume, really): Take a ChatGPT class this summer and when you go on interviews and they ask what you did this summer, you can say that you learned this new skill that is shaping up to be the hot new skill in hiring.

Think of AI as a tool, not a competitor trying to take your job

Sure, some jobs will be lost to AI. But in a lot of cases, it will be humans using — and controlling — the AI to help them do their jobs better and/or faster.

Artificial intelligence was the dominant theme in this year’s CNBC Disruptor 50 list, with ChatGPT developer?OpenAI?coming in at No. 1.

Among the 50 companies on this year’s list, 21 said that AI already is critically important to more than 50% of their revenue. Here's how they're using it:

? No. 3?Canva?is integrating ChatGPT into its design tools.

? No. 4?Relativity Space?is using AI to make 3D-printed rockets.

? No. 7?Anduril Industries?deploys AI to identify and attack security threats.

? No. 8?Octopus Energy?uses AI to match energy supply and demand.

? No. 9?Lineage Logistics?uses AI to optimize the movement of goods across the temperature-controlled supply chain.

Say you're using it to generate content. You can decide what you want to keep, modify or discard.

"The human is always in control," Colette Stallbaumer , the general manager for Microsoft 365 and "future of work" told CNBC Make It. "You still have to use those judgment skills when thinking about when to use AI and making those calls — that's really where the human agency comes into it."

In discussing the role of AI in journalism at the spring conference of business journalism organization SABEW , Glenn Hall , a partner and executive editor at the 博然思维集团 , said AI won't replace humans in the newsroom. It will just do a lot of the legwork and then let the humans do what they do best — analyze.

"The human has to stay in the loop," Hall said. ??

And, 亚马逊 sellers have started using ChatGPT to help automate some tasks associated with running their businesses, including writing listings and catchy titles and brainstorming new products that there will be demand for.

So, when you think of it like that — humans using AI as a tool, not as a competitor that will replace them, it opens up the need for a few more key skills:

? Analytical judgment

? Flexibility

? Emotional intelligence

? Intellectual curiosity

? Bias detection and handling

? AI delegation (prompts)

"We are seeing that professionals are showing more agency by taking control of their careers and are using skills as building blocks to design their careers," LinkedIn career expert Pooja Chhabria told CNBC Make It.

Having in-demand tech skills can boost your salary by nearly $40,000

Studies show that being skilled in technologies such as AI and Chat GPT can improve your productivity — as well as your salary.

U.S. workers with tech skills earned an average of 49% more than workers who didn't have them, according to research from Gallup and Amazon Web Services. That translates into nearly $40,000 per year.

?AI and machine learning were one of the top skills employers said were likely to become "extremely standard" in the future of business, along with 5G, blockchain, the metaverse and cryptocurrency.

So, while headlines about technology eliminating jobs can be scary, how you respond is up to you. Are you going to see it as a threat or an opportunity? And the opportunity when it comes to ChatGPT and other forms of AI is that it can help give you the edge in getting a job, make you more productive — and boost your salary.

This newsletter was written by?Cindy Perman.?Want more tips to help you navigate your career and your money??Sign up?for CNBC Make It newsletters, baked fresh and delivered straight to your inbox.

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