'AI has changed everything': the skills Gen Alpha needs

Former Mythbusters host Kari Byron said the most essential skill to teach children for their future is critical thinking. Video via AAP

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00:00AI has changed everything. For one, we've been preparing our kids for a very long time with all of the wrong things.

00:08We need to focus on essential skills, critical thinking, because AI is taking a lot of the jobs that we've been preparing them for.

00:15The jobs that kids are going to have in the future haven't even been invented yet.

00:20So the most important thing we can do to prepare kids for the future is teach them critical thinking.

00:25Myths that need to be busted in the technology world.

00:28Honestly, I think that people think you need a background in just science, technology, engineering, and math to get into tech jobs. Not true.

00:39The trend forecaster for Nokia Bell Labs, the innovation trend forecaster started in art history.

00:47So I really, really think critical thinking, fostering curiosity is all you really need to get into tech.

00:52There are so many different kinds of tech jobs out there, and there is so much STEM out there that we need to engage everybody.