University students are often told they are mostly likely studying for a Job that doesn’t even exist yet.
The rise of (AI) and general technology proved this educational adage true time and time again.
The jobs she predicts will crop up are creative technologist, data ecologist, algorithm lawyer, human verification nurse, journalism-truther and a digital doppelgänger curator.
A human verification nurse, for example, would be a person trained in identifying real humans in a bid to weed out deepfake and AI imitations.
And an algorithm lawyer would be a legal practitioner trained specifically in AI law and is an expert in using it in the legal profession.
“Plus smarter and more adaptive AI, we will have almost daily modern miracles to solve some of humanity’s most pressing problems.”
Dr Ball predicts there will be a fresh focus in the future on developing ways to take societies off earth.
She said climate change will be the biggest driver in future leaders working towards colonising other planets.
“We may yet see humans establish on the moon in the next 20 years,” she said.
