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Mike Rowe is alerting the future of white-collar and blue-collar jobs and urges young Americans to rethink their career choices due to the threat of artificial intelligence.
The former star of the show “How America Works” and “Dirty Jobs” sits down with Fox News Radio host Brian Kilmeade Discuss the prospects of the U.S. job market President Donald TrumpThe government invests in domestic energy and artificial intelligence.
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Rowe also attended an event at Carnegie Mellon University, known as the “Energy and Investment Summit.” He praised the efforts of the federal government and Pennsylvania leaders as “huge”.
“The headlines caught up with us in an absolutely undeniable way,” Roe said. “It’s a huge play between Pennsylvania and (two Senators) (David) McCormick and (John) Fettman, both of whom came together in a nonpartisan way to lag behind.”
“I was invited just to remind the crowd that creating jobs is very different from creating passion for these jobs.”
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“For the past 30 years, we have been lifting the white-collar part of the workforce at the expense of the blue-collar part.”
“We’ve been hinting that robots and technology are definitely coming (even if they’re still here) to work in blue collar. It turns out that’s the opposite – this is a white collar position.”
Rowe added that there are unstable prospects for writing and working with creative homework.
“These look very swaying right now,” he said. “AI will come to those[jobs].”
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However, the white-collar position threatens to give blue-collar opportunities. This change in his U.S. job market changes could bring a “golden age” in trade positions.
“In the short term, we are entering the golden age of pipelines, steam accessories, pipe fittings, welding, HVAC,” Rowe explained. “These jobs are not affected by artificial intelligence, and these jobs are currently created in Pennsylvania. These jobs are opportunities that parents and mentors should continue to do zero.”
Rowe touted his foundation’s work ethics scholarship program, which has increased applications over the past year, demonstrating the national interest of young Americans engaging in skilled trade.
“My foundation is very modest,” he said. “We have given away about $13 million in these work ethics scholarships, and this year we have 10 times the number of applicants a year ago.”
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While teenagers’ enthusiasm for blue-collar work is obvious, Rowe stressed the need to fill hundreds of thousands of public positions and continued efforts to publicize them is crucial to efforts to stabilize U.S. manufacturing.
“We have no issue of opportunity,” he explained. “While we may have a skill gap, we also have a will gap. If we don’t do that, if we don’t impress that thing, we will continue to push the boulders up the mountain, I’m afraid.”
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