If artificial intelligence changes everything at work, then education must change, too

At the end of 2017 if it didn't become abundantly clear that artificial intelligence is well on its way to changing everything that matters about the way we work, then you weren't paying attention. The examples were too numerous to list, but here's a few: In 2017 AI systems beat human doctors at detecting irregular heartbeats, tracked player statistics for NFL football fans, and out-bluffed the world's best poker players at Texas Hold'Em. When it comes to solving problems, and doing jobs that are inherently based on patterns, the machines have overwhelmingly won the race against the human brain. So as 2018 gets underway, it's worth asking this out loud: If AI is changing everything about our jobs, what does that say about how we as humans prepare for those jobs? I got into a conversation about this last month with Gordon Ritter, founder and general partner at Emergence Capital.