Workers should embrace artificial intelligence on the job.

As a member of Gen X who has tracked trends in education and employment for a living for over two decades, reading Steven Kurutz’s New York Times article about the Gen X “career meltdown” hit a little too close to home. Kurutz describes the career fate of Gen X workers who are creatives in newspaper journalism, photography, graphic arts, and related industries. He convincingly explains that, due to AI, this group of workers teeters on obsolescence when we should be at the height of our careers.

As AI becomes more of a must-have than a nice-to-have, I’ve been thinking about what this means for the skills, credentials, and experiences workers should pursue to remain competitive and continue adding value in their careers.

Over the last year, I had the chance to collaborate with my colleagues at Jobs for the Future’s Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work and a stellar advisory committee to investigate how AI could lead to quality jobs, catalyze wealth-building, and promote economic opportunity for everyone, particularly for workers in jobs that are susceptible to disruption from AI and automation.

This led to the publication of call to action report for how education and workforce practitioners, employers, investors and policymakers can ensure AI makes everyone better off. This process helped me consider some changes I need to make to remain relevant at work. I’ll share them here in the event they are helpful to you.

Over the next three years,

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