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Jim Slaymon

The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence Part 2

In the last newsletter I talked about the acceleration of Artificial Intelligence and its affect on business. Today nearly every profession is seeing AI integrated into daily workflows. Accountants use AI for analysis and reporting, sales teams use AI to prepare customer insights, engineers use AI to accelerate research and troubleshooting and IT departments use AI for development, investigating issues and streamlining processes.

While many look at AI programming as the next technology skillset, is it that important? AI can already generate code in the manner of minutes. Basic coding skills will be needed to test and validate, but AI collaboration may be more important. What is AI collaboration? It’s knowing when AI can save time and when it can't. It’s breaking complex problems into clear instructions, it’s verifying AI-generated information instead of blindly trusting it. It’s using AI tools to draft, analyze, summarize, and automate routine work. It’s combining the human aspect of critical thinking, ability to evaluate and adapt with AI.

Five years from now, the most important workplace skill may not be coding, project management, or even technical expertise. It may be the ability to effectively partner with AI. Meaning, knowing what to delegate, what to verify, and where human judgment still matters most.

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