The U.S. workforce was not built for the AI disruption, but there’s still time to prepare #TEDTalks

America's workforce and career transition systems weren't built for this moment. Some people estimate tens of millions of American workers are in AI vulnerable jobs. All kinds of jobs. People of every age, geography, income, level of education. We are not prepared for this transition. And Americans know it. And so far, I'm not hearing a lot of good solutions. There's the slow AI, stop AI, overregulate AI crowd. It's a bad idea. It denies Americans the promise of AI and China will pull ahead. And then there's the universal basic income crowd. That's also a bad idea. Every one of you know a job's more than a paycheck. It's dignity. It's purpose. It's pride. So, how are we going to do this? How do we get there? First, the government needs to fund schools and training programs on their outcomes. Incentives needs to change for businesses as well. Right now, the incentives are such that a company lays a lot of people off today and their stock price surges tomorrow. It is too easy to hit the easy button of layoffs. How about we pilot tax credits or other economic incentives that reward companies for worker redeployment for entrylevel hiring for reinvesting AI productivity gains into new jobs. Nobody benefits with the recession, excessive AI regulation, social unrest, and political violence and divisiveness. By the way, it's in everyone's benefit to reach this exciting potential of AI innovation. Last time I checked, agents didn't walk into the store and buy things.