The Josh Bersin Company Is AI About To Bite Us? Debunking The Three Fears About AI.
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Oct 23, 2025 This discussion tackles common fears surrounding AI, debunking myths that it will steal jobs or outsmart us. It emphasizes the importance of data quality and human oversight to prevent errors. AI is framed as a tool that disrupts roles but also creates new opportunities, like data managers and AI trainers. The conversation highlights the enhancement of creative and analytical work with AI. It advocates for regulation, accountability, and the need for organizations to treat AI responsibly while urging individuals to embrace AI skills for future relevance.
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LLMs Can Confidently Be Wrong
- Josh Bersin points out that current LLMs (especially ChatGPT) often produce confident but incorrect answers because they scrape articles without sourcing data.
- He emphasizes the persistent need for human data quality control when using these probabilistic models.
Actively Re-Skill For AI-Enabled Roles
- Do treat AI as an automation tool that augments work rather than a total replacement of human roles.
- Do re-skill into data management, prompt engineering, monitoring, and application-building to stay relevant.
Recruiters' AI Cheating Example
- Josh recounts a debate with recruiters worried candidates fake tests using AI and suggests making tests far harder to require building full applications.
- He argues that candidates who can use AI tools effectively are the ones you want to hire.