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How to build and protect skills in our modern workplace, a world filled with AI and robots - EurekAlert


Researcher and technologist <u>Matt Beane</u>, an assistant professor in the Technology Management Department at UC Santa Barbara, is calling attention to an immediate and hidden concern in the modern workplace &mdash; and offering a surprising path forward. In his new book, &ldquo;The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines&rdquo; (HarperCollins, 2024), Beane focuses on how our use of intelligent machines, like surgical robots and ChatGPT, is deeply weakening the master-novice relationship, the tried-and-true system in which a trainee masters new skills by working closely with a senior employee to gain essential knowledge and experience.

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