General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the US has a “societal problem” in how it views skilled trades, arguing that hands-on careers deserve more respect and could offer high school students work that is “a little more AI-proof than some others.”
She said that high school students should take a harder look at careers such as auto technician and electrician as artificial intelligence threatens to disrupt traditional white-collar work.
“We need to really make sure high school students understand this is a great career and frankly maybe a little more AI-proof than some others.” A technician can make $80,000 to $90,000 a year and “potentially even higher, depending on how many hours they work,” she added.
The US could be short 2.1 million skilled-trades workers by 2030. Barra pointed to carpenters and electricians, saying demand for those trades is growing partly because of the buildout of data centers needed for AI. The US will need an estimated 300,000-plus additional electricians during the next 10 years.
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