OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, and Bank of America have joined forces to create RAISE US, an NGO with over $500 million. Their stated goal is to prepare workers for the labor changes caused by artificial intelligence, focusing on helping them get and keep jobs, not just generic courses. For citizens, this represents an attempt to offer practical solutions in the face of the real fear of losing their jobs.
The technical plan: job retraining against automation 🤖
RAISE US's strategy is based on specific training programs for roles that AI cannot fully cover, such as system maintenance or supervision of automated processes. They focus on practical skills and fast certifications, avoiding the mistakes of previous plans that offered theoretical courses with no job prospects. Success will depend on their ability to adapt curricula to real market demands, a considerable technical and logistical challenge.
$500 million so AI doesn't take your seat 😅
Let's see, the same companies developing the AI that could leave you jobless now create an NGO to teach you how to survive. It's like the wolf funding a shelter for sheep. With $500 million, they aim to retrain you for a future where they themselves decide which jobs are redundant. The irony is so obvious that even an algorithm would detect it. Hopefully, the course includes how to make friends in the unemployment line, just in case.