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Capstone: What Job Do YOU Want, and How Will AI Fit?
You have seen lots of jobs with AI inside. Now think about your own future.
Explorers · Careers & Pathways · ~4 min read
The big idea
Every job in your future will have some AI in it. The skill is knowing what you want to keep doing as a human, and what you would let AI handle.
Some examples
- Pick a job you might want — chef, vet, designer, teacher, anything
- List three parts you would still want to do yourself
- List two parts you would happily let AI help with
- Notice that nothing on your 'do myself' list can be replaced — that is your superpower
Try it!
Pick one dream job. Write your 'do myself' and 'let AI help' lists.
Practice this safely
Try this with a low-stakes example and a trusted adult nearby. The goal is to notice how AI talks about future, not to let it make the decision for you.
- 1Ask AI to explain future in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Capstone: What Job Do YOU Want, and How Will AI Fit?" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check career against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
End-of-lesson quiz
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