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This article critiques the "Talent Trap" mindset, arguing that treating human capabilities as fixed rather than adaptable will exacerbate inequality in an AI-driven economy. It posits that avoiding this trap requires shifting focus from replacing workers with imitative systems to building tools that extend human judgment and learning outside formal education structures. The core argument is that sustainable AI strategy must prioritize growing a dynamic workforce over securing a static pool of talent.

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The Turing Trap is turning into a Talent Trap: The wrong AI strategy could strand millions of skilled workers

FortuneOctober 13, 20266 min read

There's a parallel to the mistake of treating AI as imitating humans rather than building systems that complement and extend human capabilities.

Amidst the heated debate on the effect of Artificial Intelligence on our economy, our society, and even our survival lies a deeper sense of loss of control, with debates framed as “what will AI do?” This implicit passivity assumes that technology, rather than people, will determine AI’s impact on work. Before we buy into dangerous self-fulfilling prophecies, leaders in technology, business, society – and all of us – need to recognize the twin traps ahead, so we can avoid them. In 2022, Prof Eric Brynjolfsson identified and named the “Turing Trap”, the mistake of treating the goal of AI as imitating humans so machines can replace them, rather than…

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