Why continuous learning -- for humans -- is important in the face of AI

Last week, the UAE announced the launch of the Mohammed bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), a graduate-level institution in Abu Dhabi. The world's first university of its kind, which is accepting applications for September 2020, aims to develop a workforce ready to navigate a rapidly changing, technologically advancing world. This announcement is indicative of how our economies and workforce are changing, and the UAE's continuous effort to stay ahead of the curve. A 2016 study by Stanford University exploring what our lives will be like in 2030 with the influence of artificial intelligence (AI), found that almost all areas will be impacted by this technology. Our career paths are continuously evolving, and if our skills don't evolve, we will fall behind. For instance, when I graduated from university ten years ago with a degree in mass communication, I didn't know that most of what I would be working on in my company nowadays -- from creating 10-second social media videos and exploring the digital culture to working with social influencers -- would be things we didn't even explore in the classroom.