WORK SMARTER: All the ways AI is going to change (not steal) your job

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We get it, the unknown is a little scary. Although AI has been around for decades, the meteoric rise of ChatGPT has changed the conversation around whether or not we will?lose our jobs?to robots. The answer is . . .complicated.

Right now,?Fast Company?reporters (not bots!) are covering how generative AI is enabling us to work better—and more creatively—than we have before. We’ve reported on how?Stable Animation?is giving creators a team of talented animators akin to having their own Disney studio, how workflow can be supercharged for productivity on?Airtable, how you can use it to create more compelling?marketing?efforts, and even how AI makes a compelling case for?liberating workers?from the office, amid all the RTO mandates. And we’ve done a deep dive into how UX designers tap into the?power of plug-ins?like those on Figma to level up all aspects of their work from testing for accessibility to creating final code. If you’re curious, we’ve rounded up a bunch of?AI tools?you can try for free.

On the flip (read: darker) side, we’re already seeing how generative AI is threatening some jobs. A recently released report from the?World Economic Forum?revealed a number of jobs that would likely not exist in five years including bank tellers, cashiers, insurance clerks, and legislators, among others. Right now, even?makeup artists—who you might think are so hands-on there’s no way they could be replaced—have proven to be dispensable. That’s thanks to a host of tools that can reshape entire video clips. The results are astounding and soon will be as easy to use as a TikTok filter.

We’re staying optimistic. There is still plenty of?space for humans in the future of work. Just make sure you’re taking every measure to prepare yourself by experimenting, enhancing your skills, and continuing to?work smarter.

If you found this?newsletter?useful, please share it with your colleagues and friends who may be fretting that AI is going to replace them!

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