AI Tech Skills to Learn and Tech Roles AI Will Replace: Insights from a Former Google Engineer turned AI Startup Founder

Zach Smith, founder of Nova AI and former Google engineer, shares his experience in the tech industry, from dropping out of college at age 19 to obtaining a master’s degree in computer science and founding his startup. Smith argues that certain functions in tech are going to be replaced by AI, and urges people in these roles to prepare themselves for more creative tasks. Smith predicts that QA engineering, technical writing, and code maintenance will be completely or partially automated by AI. However, he emphasizes that AI will also create new job opportunities in fields such as data science, machine learning engineering, AI ethics, and design. Smith notes that while the tech jobs landscape will change, humans will always be creative and capable of adapting to these changes. Therefore, AI will not replace but rather shift human roles.