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Could AI be the comeback break for experienced workers?

AI showdown. A generative-assisted AI assignment brought forth different strengths of two journalists aged three decades apart: Clay Lim, 20, and Krist Boo, 50.

The Straits Times Senior Correspondent Krist Boo (right) and reporter Clay Lim (left) using AI tools ChatGPT and Adobe Firefly in the newsroom, June 13, 2023.

An AI task to come up with a business plan brought forth the different strengths of two journalists three decades apart in age: Clay Lim (left), 20, and Krist Boo, 50.

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SINGAPORE – Could the era of

generative artificial intelligence (AI)

mark the glorious return of older, experienced workers who had lost their edge in the digital age?

With generative AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Adobe Firefly making tasks such as coding and video editing as easy as typing in an “ask”, experts foresee a rise in competitiveness of workers who have served corporate time.

Could AI be the comeback break for experienced workers?

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