When it comes to AI, one of the biggest fears is will it remove jobs. For those that may be raising children or even just thinking about a career spanning a few more decades, I’m sure this has crossed your mind. Like any technology, AI will bring both positive and negatives as some tasks no longer need to be performed by humans and other new types of tasks are created.

In another conversation with Fergal Murphy, we chatted about what these changes may look like, how these changes should influence career-based decisions and what some of the key skills will be as AI is integrated into more of our day-to-day lives.

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In my last conversation with Fergal Murphy, we unpacked some of the ways AI is changing the working world. One of the things he touched on was how the structure of organisations may change as AI replaces certain types of work.

I find this particularly interesting as there have been decades (sometimes even centuries) spent building hierarchies in large organisations. With a new model for working, will these structures still be necessary? And how are organisations already beginning to change to make sure they’re taking advantage of the efficiency gains from AI? Fergal shares his thoughts.

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AI has taken over the news and much of the business world over the last two years. There’s a lot of speculation about what AI will and won’t do, as well as where it could take us. Someone who has been working at the forefront of this change is Fergal Murphy, whose AI career spans three decades and includes start-ups, IBM Watson and most recently Accenture.

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