Peter Bittner on the Future of Work, Upskilling & AI Adoption

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What actually changes at work when the AI buzz fades? Peter Bittner maps the future of work: AI literacy, culture shifts, and the skills that still pay rent.
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Incoming transmission from the Vancouver AI community: Peter Bittner unpacks the real future of work beyond model hype. This talk dives into AI literacy, change management, safe-to-fail cultures, and why upskilling (hard + human + domain) is the only durable strategy. We touch Amara’s Law, hype cycles, workforce fears, and practical pathways for leaders and teams to build capability without losing the plot.

You’ll learn:

– Why “AI projects don’t work” is usually a people & process problem
– A grounded definition of AI literacy for teams (policy → practice)
– The skills stack: prompting, automation, basic coding literacy, domain expertise
– How to build safe-to-experiment cultures that actually ship value
– The human edge: judgment, critique, ethics, communication—still undefeated

If you’re in BC: some cohorts have tuition support via community partners ask the organizers for current details.

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📍 Chapters:
00:00 Intro & meetup context
00:46 Community over content
02:40 Hype vs reality (GPT-5)
03:56 Amara’s Law: long game
07:55 Upskilling is the bottleneck
09:40 Culture shift & safe-to-fail
10:58 What is AI literacy?
11:55 Skills stack: prompt • automate • code basics
16:56 Humans in the loop(s)
20:12 Q&A highlights
27:10 Closing remarks

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