The Importance of Acquiring Digital Skills by David Timis
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Mr. David Timis is a Growth Engine Manager at Google, where he coordinates the most ambitious digital skills training program in Romania, Atelierul Digital. He is also an active member of the Global Shapers Community, a network led by young people who are exceptional in their potential and achievements. Mr. Timis was recently named the “Young Leader of the Year” in Romania by Revista CARIERE, as a result of his continuous work to promote education, digital skills, and entrepreneurship among young people, through initiatives such as Aspire for Teachers, Atelierul Digital and Startup Weekend Bucharest.
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- 2. Advent of AI
- 7. Key Figures -Less than 5 percent of occupations can be entirely automated using current technology. -Approximately 60 percent of occupations could have 30 percent or more of their tasks automated. (source: McKinsey Global Institute, ”Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained” Report, December 2017)
- 9. Key Takeaways -AI, like any technology, is not morally good or bad in itself, it all depends on how it is used. -Widespread automation is inevitable, but it won’t eliminate the need for human workers. -Humans will need to work alongside robots, rather than compete with them.
- 10. Skills Gap
- 11. Key Figures -Nearly 50% of subject knowledge acquired during the first year of a four-year technical degree becomes outdated by the time students graduate. -About 65% of the jobs elementary school students will be doing in the future do not even exist yet. (source: The World Economic Forum, “The Future of Jobs” Report, January 2016)
- 12. “I believe in a future where the point of education is not to prepare you for another pointless job, but for a life well lived.” -Rutger Bregman, Journalist & Author
- 14. Key Takeaways -There will not be a shortage of jobs in the future, but rather a shortage of skills to fill the jobs. -Preparing students for tomorrow’s jobs requires transforming education from the ground up. -Schools should equip students with highly transferable skills and teach them to be adaptive.
Editor's Notes
- New forms of automation are radically transforming our world.
- The most exciting innovation in recent times is artificial intelligence or AI in short.
- They warned against the potential of AI to replace humans in the workplace, and even went as far as to claim that AI is the “biggest existential threat” to mankind.
- On the other side of the debate there are the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page, founders of technology giants that are at the forefront of artificial intelligence.
- Science fiction is full of stories about machines vs. humans, and I am sure many of you grew up watching movies like ‘The Terminator’ or ‘I, Robot’.
- Every generation before ours has feared massive technological change.
- According to research conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute, less than 5 percent of occupations can be entirely automated using current technology. However, about 60 percent of occupations could have 30 percent or more of their tasks automated.
- The current technological revolution doesn’t need to become a race between humans and machines but rather an opportunity to work together.
- By 2020, the developments brought forth by the Fourth Industrial Revolution will transform the way we live and the way we work.
- For instance, nearly 50% of subject knowledge acquired during the first year of a four-year technical degree becomes outdated by the time students graduate. Furthermore, 65% of the jobs elementary school students will be doing in the future do not even exist yet.
- Such schools set the stage for what educational institutions should represent in the future, a place where instead of teaching students to answer questions, we should teach them to ask them, a place where instead of preparing them for college and work, we should prepare them for life.
- By 2020, Finland will replace traditional classroom subjects with an approach highlighting the four Cs: communication, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.
- History shows that technological change can benefit us all by investing in developing people.