15 Comments
User's avatar
Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

I missed this article somehow! You’re raising something I think about every day with my kids. Focusing on what AI can’t touch makes perfect sense. But I also want them to shape how AI affects their world, which makes AI literacy just as important. It's all very confusing and uncertain.

Dee McCrorey's avatar

Your kids are lucky to have a mom who’s immersed in this space and stays attuned to the rapid changes happening around us. Everyone--no matter their age--needs to balance shaping AI with cultivating their own literacy and agency. It’s both exciting and a little scary. This is exactly where community and our relationships make all the difference :-D

Patty L's avatar

Dee, this is so insightful and 💯percent accurate. I’d like to repost on LinkedIn - have you published there?

Dee McCrorey's avatar

Aww…thank you Patty. 😊

I plan to post it on LI this weekend and will let you know when I do. 🙌

Logan Currie's avatar

There’s a lot of talk on the workforce side about “laddering in” if the bottom rungs are gone. I see some innovation on the higher ed side to meet that but not enough.

Dee McCrorey's avatar

Thanks for sharing your insights, Logan (and for subscribing!). I agree. While I’ve noticed some innovation in higher ed and tech-focused community colleges, the pace of academic culture still feels too slow for what’s needed to prepare for a 'ladder-less' workplace that’s coming fast.

Joel Salinas's avatar

Very interesting post, Dee!

Dee McCrorey's avatar

Thank you, Joel! Anything in particular that resonates for you?

Joel Salinas's avatar

I’ve already started seeing this through my hiring process as I fill some marketing roles roles

Chip Hughes's avatar

@Dee it is so important that you are so thoughtfully raising these issues about the workforce that unions and employers better be paying attention to.

Chip Hughes's avatar

Hey Dee, I’m glad that your warbling continues.

it’s really important. I also wanted to say that I was involved in the song of the Canary that was the movie that was done in. I believe it was 1978, which was a story of toxic chemicals in the workplace and cotton dust in the textile mills Along the same lines with the same stories with the same things that are still happening. Keep hope alive.

Dee McCrorey's avatar

I'm definitely a "hopeful warbler"! Ooh I want to learn more about this movie :-o

Dee McCrorey's avatar

Thank you Chip! I've been known to warble a bit myself--been doing it for decades ;-)

Chip Hughes's avatar

Here is a link to part of the Song of the Canary (1979)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-59rqysrWQ

Dee McCrorey's avatar

Thank you, Chip!!