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Van Ton-Quinlivan is a nationally recognized thought leader in workforce development, quoted in The New York Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Stanford Social Innovation Review, U.S. News & World Report, and other publications.
The possibility that AI will automate most cognitive labor is worth taking seriously. How should we adapt to this transformation? I start from the perspective, articulated in the essay “AI as normal technology”, that the true bottlenecks lie downstream of capabilities and that AI’s impacts will unfold gradually over decades. If this is true, there are major gaps in our current evidence infrastructure, because it over-emphasizes the capability layer.
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The possibility that AI will automate most cognitive labor is worth taking seriously. How should we adapt to this transformation? I start from the perspective, articulated in the essay “AI as normal technology”, that the true bottlenecks lie downstream of capabilities and that AI’s impacts will unfold gradually over decades. If this is true, there are major gaps in our current evidence infrastructure, because it over-emphasizes the capability layer.
The AI Index, currently in its ninth year, tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence.
The AI Index, currently in its ninth year, tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence.
Strategic stability exists when neither side thinks it can improve its strategic outcome by striking first.
Strategic stability exists when neither side thinks it can improve its strategic outcome by striking first.
Her career spans the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Most recently, she served as executive vice chancellor for the nation’s largest system of higher education – the California Community Colleges -- and grew public investment in workforce programs from $100M to over $1B during her tenure. Her talk outline current higher education reforms, present provocations on how the future of work may unfold, and highlight where our social structures must evolve for the workforce development challenges ahead.