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OECD Skills Outlook 2023

Skills for a Resilient Green and Digital Transition

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Skills are vital for building resilient economies and societies. By helping individuals develop a diverse range of skills and empowering them to apply these skills effectively, skills policies play a crucial role in responding to emerging threats, such as environmental degradation and harmful applications of technologies used to collect, generate, and exchange information. This edition of the Skills Outlook highlights the importance of supporting individuals in acquiring a wide range of skills, at varying levels of proficiency, to promote economic and social resilience. Additionally, the report acknowledges the role of attitudes and dispositions in enabling skills development and effective skills use. It also emphasises the need for policy makers to monitor the costs associated with policies aimed at promoting the green and digital transition, and how the transition affects inequalities. Training opportunities that respond to emerging labour market needs and efforts to facilitate their uptake can promote a just and inclusive green and digital transition. In turn, education systems that equip young people not only with skills but attitudes to manage change can ensure that the green and digital transition is sustainable in the longer term.

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The human behind the machine: Skills and attitudes towards the future of artificial intelligence

This chapter considers the role of people and communities in developing and adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. It reveals a significant polarisation of attitudes among adults in OECD countries about the overall impact of AI on people in the next two decades. The demand for professionals with the skills to develop, adapt and maintain AI systems grew between 2019 and 2022 but remained very small overall. Such demand differs across countries and economic sectors. Employers advertising positions for professionals with AI skills generally demand a mix of technical, socio-emotional and foundational skills. Despite increasing ethical concerns over the development and use of AI, virtually no vacancy in 2022 explicitly prioritised ethical aspects or responsible AI development and use. The chapter concludes by considering risk preferences and attitudes towards failure among adults and youth, two attitudes and dispositions which will guide the integration of AI in workplaces and everyday decision making.

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