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AI is transforming business and society, but most professionals underestimate its impact. Oliver Hartwich explores how culture, education, and practical skills shape our ability to harness AIâs full potential. Learn why curiosity, deep knowledge, and adaptability matter more than ever.
đïž What youâll learn
- How to build practical AI skills for any profession
- Why cultural attitudes affect AI adoption and opportunity
- The importance of deep education in an AI-driven world
- How to experiment and prompt effectively with AI tools
- Strategies for thriving as technology evolves
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Highlights
- âMost people really donât quite know, donât quite understand whatâs happening.â
- âThe potential is enormous. Weâre just at the beginning of this curve.â
- âGeography doesnât matter anymore. Whatâs preventing us is culture.â
- âAI can just get a lot done and a lot faster done.â
- âGeneral purpose technologies are quite rare.â
- âTechnology has a wonderful potential to solve some of our problems.â
- âYou need deep knowledge. The better educated you are, the more you will get out of AI.â
- âAI works really well for mid-career professionals who already know what theyâre doing.â
- âUniversities are almost giving up on fighting AI.â
- âSociety will fracture between people who know how to use this for their own advantage and others who may not.â
- âAI amplifies whatâs already there. It makes some punchier, perhaps it will make dumb people dumber and smart people smarter.â
- âQuantum computing will be completely different.â
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Keywords
ai, technology, productivity, education, culture, regulation, quantum computing, deepmind, chatgpt, xero, skills, opportunity
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