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Dec 2024
46m 31s

Skills in the Age of AI

World Economic Forum
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By 2027, businesses predict that almost half (44%) of workers’ core skills will be disrupted. From AI tutors to lifelong learning schemes, what approaches and opportunities hold the greatest potential to close gaps and prepare people for tomorrow’s economy?

This session has been developed in collaboration with CNBC.

This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils 2024 in Dubai on 17 Oct, 2024. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-global-future-councils-2024/sessions/skills-in-the-age-of-ai/

Speakers:

Nela Richardson, Chief Economist and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Officer, ADP

Dan Murphy, Anchor and Correspondent, CNBC

Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Jo O'Driscoll-Kearney, Chief Learning Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding

Abdallah Abu Sheikh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Astra Tech

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