AI and job displacement: Should we be fanning the flames of fear?

We like to call this the Fire and Anguish Narrative (FAN) surrounding AI, with hyped-up concerns about productivity and job displacement increasingly prevalent in the media and political discourse. Such a narrative FANs (sorry, couldn’t resist) the flames of anxiety for educators, parents and young people, who are completing the preparatory work for entrance into the workforce, which requires some horizon scanning.