Colman Noctor: Helping young people find meaningful work in the age of AI

"I have observed a lack of direction among young people as they near the end of secondary school. While I recognise that most 18-year- olds are not ‘sure’ about what they want to do with the rest of their lives, there has been a noticeable decline in clarity."
Colman Noctor: Helping young people find meaningful work in the age of AI

Young people’s fears that their degrees will become obsolete due to artificial intelligence should not be dismissed by their parents. Picture: iStock

My daughter wants to do something artistic when she grows up. Thankfully, she is talented — a gift she undoubtedly inherited from her mother — because her dyslexia makes traditional academic work challenging. In recent years, she has developed an interest in Marvel comics and has talked about wanting to be an animator.

Last week, when we were chatting, she said, “I cannot be an animator anymore, Dad, I will have to think of something else.”

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