Openai's chief economist says he spends a lot of his time predicting which jobs will be most affected by AI.
To prepare for this world, Ronnie Chatterji teaches young children four skills, from critical thinking to mathematics without a calculator.
“You have to become a critical thinker and learn how to identify problems,” Chatardi said in an episode of the Openai podcast released Tuesday.
Chief economist who established senior economic policy positions in the Biden and Obama administrations; He said adaptability is the second skill he hopes to build on his kids.
“You have to be able to adapt neuroplasticity, resilience and flexibility as the world changes so much,” he said. “If you think about what's going on with AI, changes in our climate, changes in geopolitics, you have to adapt a lot.”
The third skill Chatagh said he teaches his children to have emotional intelligence.
“It's like a way to better complement this incredible intelligence, so I can't think of the set of skills I need to learn now rather than how to become a human,” he said.
He added that salespeople with deep technical knowledge and emotional intelligence will be important because they know how to “connect dots” to solve problems.
Fourth skill Chatterji said he wanted the kids to be “financial numbers” and writing.
“My kids have calculators, but I still want to teach them how to do multiplication tables,” he said. “The dictation software works very well. I'm still teaching them how to write.”
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Still, he said he can't tell you how much the world will change and where the next generation will work.
“I don't think I have more information than my parents in terms of predicting what their position will be like, and I think they're fine,” Chatardi said.
Preparing children for an AI-controlled world has become a common debate among technology leaders.
In May, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian said he encouraged his 7-year-old daughter to use AI every day, describing it as a “superpower.”
Like Chatterji, he sees AI as a tool to enhance problem solving, but he said It still emphasizes reading, writing and arithmetic.
Last month, Openai CEO Sam Altman said his kids aren't smarter than AI.
“My kids never get smarter than AI,” Altman said in the first episode of the Openai Podcast, released Wednesday. “They are much more capable than we grew up, they can do things we can't imagine and are good at using AI.”
