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With artificial intelligence pressuring jobs in various sectors, Jeremy Grantham advocated that workers seek practical and useful skills, such as engineering, agriculture, and physical activities difficult to automate. The speech occurs amid warnings about vulnerable roles, predictions from Bill Gates, and cases of companies that have returned to valuing experienced professionals.
Artificial intelligence has returned to the center of employment discussions after billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham advocated that workers develop practical skills to face a market increasingly pressured by automation.
Billionaire sees value in skills that AI does not execute
According to ladbible, Grantham, known for his critical evaluations of financial bubbles, stated in an interview on the podcast The Diary of a CEO that artificial intelligence could become a bubble ready to burst.
For him, the impacts would not be limited to investors who heavily bet on the sector. The concern also involves how technology can affect roles, companies, and the very organization of society.
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When talking about the advice he would give to his children, Grantham was direct: learn something useful and applicable in the physical world. The recommendation he mentioned was to pursue engineering or another practical area.
The investor stated that one of his children has been dedicated to cultivating crops on a small farm, in addition to learning to handle chickens, pigs, and mushrooms.
Jobs threatened by automation raise concern
The speech occurs amid predictions about the advancement of AI in different sectors. Studies have been pointing out roles more vulnerable to job loss, while companies receive warnings about internal risks.
One of these concerns is that the accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence would be reducing the entry point for new professionals in career paths that, in the future, could form leaderships.
The discussion also gained momentum after Bill Gates, according to a report by CPG, stated that only a few professions would be more protected in this scenario: programmer, athlete, biologist, and energy sector worker.
Mark Zuckerberg, on the other hand, considers this assessment exaggerated. Even so, the debate shows how entrepreneurs and investors view AI as a force capable of reorganizing work.
Ford returned to seek human experience
The fear of widespread substitution does not eliminate the importance of experienced professionals. An example cited was Ford, which tried to rehire veteran engineers after realizing the value of accumulated knowledge.
These workers know processes, problems, and solutions built over years. The situation reinforces the idea that not all human skills can be replaced solely by automated systems.
Grantham also related the scenario to the increase in social complexity and extreme inequality. He cited civil collapse, mass mobilization war, or total revolution as historical outcomes linked to this type of imbalance.
The information in the article can be supported by identifiable sources: Jeremy Grantham’s statement about AI as a possible bubble appears in a publication of the podcast The Diary of a CEO on LinkedIn and on YouTube; the list attributed to Bill Gates, with programmers, biologists, energy sector workers, and athletes among the areas most protected from AI, was reported by Yahoo Tech, Windows Central, and LADbible; the warning about entry-level jobs is supported by the World Economic Forum, which cited a 35% drop in initial job openings in the US over 18 months based on Revelio Labs; the case of Ford was reported by The Guardian and Times of India, which cited the rehiring of 350 experienced engineers after limitations in AI usage.
