Frey Says College Preserves Human Competitive Skills

Carl Benedikt Frey, an economist at the University of Oxford, told Fortune that despite AI advances and his 2013 estimate that automation could threaten nearly half of U.S. jobs, earning a college degree remains worthwhile. He argues colleges uniquely teach complex social interaction, creativity, and resilience—skills AI cannot replicate—and warns AI-driven ease of work could encourage offshoring and wage pressure.
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