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Imagine being at a party in the not-too-distant future, and telling people you are a "synthetic reality producer." That's something sure to elicit quite a bit of curiosity. On the other hand, it may be a common job title by the year 2030.
There's been a fair bit of chatter lately about the prospect of artificial intelligence usurping or taking away job opportunities -- from developers to creators. However, AI will never operate entirely on its own in a vacuum -- there will always be a need for skilled professionals to make sure any systems or solutions are doing what they're supposed to be doing. As a result, we may see some interesting new types of jobs arising that have yet to be conceived.
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"A few years ago, nobody would've imagined needing a team to train your chatbot to act like your brand, but here we are," said Daniel Gorlovetsky, CEO at TLVTech. "The next wave of jobs will be about shaping how AI shows up in the world, not just building it."
We asked Gorlovetsky, along with other leaders and experts across the industry, to take their best shot at envisioning what jobs AI may spur, and came up with an interesting assortment:.
1. AI Agent Interaction Architect
This will be the person who "designs how AI agents interact with each other, with systems, and with humans across complex workflows," said Tal Lev-Ami, CTO and co-founder of Cloudinary. "In the present, we build software for user interfaces, but in the very near future, we'll be architecting agent conversations that will define how one LLM consults another, how visual data APIs are invoked in context, and how these multi-agent systems stay coordinated, reliable, and permission-aware. This role will sit at the intersection of system design, security, and UX -- way beyond the way we know it today."
2. AI Agent Orchestration Lead
In industrial settings, this person will "manage and optimize the deployment of autonomous software agents -- scheduling, inventory, quality agents -- across production," said Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance.
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