{"id":115283,"date":"2024-09-05T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=115283"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:07:08","slug":"surprising-ways-ai-improves-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/surprising-ways-ai-improves-work","title":{"rendered":"5 Surprising Ways AI Has Improved Our Work Lives\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AI has made significant strides in a few years, and the popularity of tools like ChatGPT has familiarized us with some of the most common content generation use cases of AI. However, people are getting creative with the ways they use AI, and it turns out there are some surprising ways we can use it to bolster our careers, from the job search to improving performance to career planning and progression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And while some people have expressed fear over AI replacing their jobs, most are finding that AI\u2019s prowess lies in supporting<\/em> rather than replacing<\/em> human work. In fact, SME IT professionals\u2019 worries over AI threatening their job stability have decreased significantly<\/a> from Q1 to Q3 this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This blog will cover some of the surprising ways AI can help with your work experience, as well as some of the areas where AI falls short, proving that it\u2019s a great helper, but a far cry from taking over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s no surprise that AI has made information more accessible. However, the sheer speed of AI\u2019s ability to retrieve information \u2014 and AI\u2019s very human-sounding, conversational delivery \u2014 has brought AI eerily close to many sci-fi predictions of the 20th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The result is that people can now ask AI tools conversationally phrased questions and get clear, direct answers to them in real time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only is this the case with generative AI tools like ChatGPT, but new features in search tools like Google similarly answer search questions directly with AI-generated answers. This way, users get immediate answers to their questions without having to comb the search results themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the workplace, this quick access to information makes learning and discovery faster and more streamlined. The result is better productivity, faster problem-solving, and more informed decision making. This means employees can focus more on high-value work, ultimately leading to better job performance and career advancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AI\u2019s recent leaps in natural language processing (NLP) have made conversational, native-sounding language accessible to non-native speakers. This has opened the door to more career opportunities for more people \u2014 especially when it comes to global and remote work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While employees will still need to speak the main language of their workplace, tools like ChatGPT can act as an assistant and proofreader to help with their professional writing. This can help with job applications as well as performance in the workplace, making tasks like email-writing or documentation tasks faster, easier, and more clear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n AI has come with a lot of worry around replacing human ingenuity. This has been particularly salient in some creative fields. The writer\u2019s strike in Hollywood<\/a> was a notable and high-visibility example of the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the question of AI\u2019s role in creative pursuits is still widely debated, it seems that many overlook AI\u2019s ability to enhance<\/em> human creativity. Generative AI\u2019s conversational nature and ability to return content and ideas quickly makes it a great sounding board, brainstorming partner, and creativity prompter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Employees looking to flesh out ideas, find holes in theories, or simply get their thoughts flowing should practice their AI prompting skills. With the right input, AI can become a valuable ideation partner and uplift people in their roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because AI can quickly parse and synthesize information, it\u2019s a great learning tool. Employees can harness these capabilities to learn new tasks at work, to explore new fields, and even as a study aid when it comes to earning new certifications or degrees. This can make new job pathways more accessible and help employees learn new tasks and roles more quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Sci-Fi-Esque Information Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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