Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 13 June 2023.
Altaf Hussain
Conservative
2:10,
13 June 2023
First Minister, the world of work is at a crossroads. Jobs we could not have dreamed of a few decades ago are now replacing the highly skilled, highly paid manufacturing jobs of the past. Cloud architects are more common than boiler makers and machinists. With the rapid growth of AI—artificial intelligence—and large language models, tomorrow's workplace will be very different. AI will replace many higher paid employees across multiple sectors. First Minister, what steps are the Welsh Government taking to ensure that young people have the necessary skills to adapt in a rapidly changing workplace to equip them for jobs we can't even imagine at this point?
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