What if the AI revolution is not just another wave of technology—but the start of humanity’s next great state transition?In this thought-provoking TEDxCSTU talk, Natalia Bielczyk, PhD, Computational Neuroscientist and Job Market Anthropologist, explores the striking parallels between the rise of artificial intelligence and the Industrial Revolution. Just as steam engines and mechanical looms once redefined society, AI is now transforming the very fabric of the labor market.Natalia reveals how AI systems learn faster than human brains, why productivity is outpacing exponential growth, and how “simple office jobs” are vanishing at record speed. The labor market, she argues, is not static—it is a gigantic dynamical system. When disrupted, such systems either return to equilibrium or undergo a state transition. Are we heading toward a future with entirely new classes of jobs, or toward Universal Basic Income and Universal Basic Services?Drawing on her research on the dynamics of the job market, Natalia offers a practical framework for navigating this uncertainty: knowledge as power. Parallel to the seven ancient liberal arts, she introduces a modern toolkit—the modern liberal arts for the AI era (that is, statistics, rhetoric, research, psychology, investment, and agency)—that can empower individuals to thrive no matter which scenario eventually plays out for us.This talk is more than a forecast of the future of work. It is a roadmap for staying free, adaptable, and human in the age of AI.Natalia Bielczyk, PhD, is a Computational Neuroscientist, Career Strategist, and founder of Ontology of Value®. She studies the Future of Work and builds tools that help professionals and teams self-navigate and thrive in the AI era.Event: TEDxCSTU
Date: May 18th, 2025
Location: California Science & Technology University (CSTU)
Website: https://www.cstu.edu?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedx2025&utm_term=natalia_bielczykSpeaker: Natalia Bielczyk
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliabielczyk/
Website: https://nataliabielczyk.com
Speaker's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ontologyofvalue/Organizer: Leni Jin, Organizer of TEDxCSTU
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Organizer's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Leni_JinPlease note: This talk was recorded at TEDxCSTU, an independently organized TEDx event hosted at California Science and Technology University under a license from TED. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent those of TEDxCSTU, the university, or TED.#TEDx #TEDxTalk #FutureOfWork #AI #CareerDevelopment #JobMarket #AIRevolution #WorkInTheAIera #Innovation #ProfessionalGrowth #OntologyOfValue #TEDxCSTU2025 Natalia Bielczyk, PhD is a Career Strategist, Business Developer, and Computational Neuroscientist exploring the Future of Work. In the AI-first labor market, professional development has become "chess 5D,” and so she travels the world studying the rules of the game.She is building Ontology of Value®: an online career incubator helping professionals and teams self-navigate and subvert all expectations in AI era. Natalia and her team build tools and educational programs to help professionals self-navigate and craft their dream careers, as well as help businesses create synergistic, healthy, and happy teams in times of AI.She works as an academic teacher, researcher, advisor, startup mentor, speaker, author, podcaster, and blogger. Even though she chose to work in the open job market, Natalia remains a researcher at heart and believes in the compatibility of science and entrepreneurship. As a bootstrapping solopreneur, she also advocates for independent decision making in business. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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