From the author of Growth , one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2024, a guide for helping the next generation through an educational world, and a job market, forever changed by AI – as well as for anyone navigating the upheaval in today’s workplace We live at an extraordinary technological moment. Every day, it seems, we hear about machines taking on tasks that we thought only human beings alone would ever do: making medical diagnoses and composing jokes, drafting legal arguments and designing beautiful buildings, writing lines of code and even forming relationships. The leaders of the largest AI companies now claim that, within a few years, we will build an AI that can outperform us at every task that we do. For the last fifteen years, Prof. Daniel Susskind has been exploring the impact of technology on work. Recent developments in AI – ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok – are astonishing, but also best thought of as a remarkable new chapter in this far longer story. Still, the most common question people have remains–what should my children do? What Should my Children Do? is an optimistic and hopeful guide for parents thinking about how to help their families flourish in this age of astonishing labor market shifts. It is also for anyone thinking about their career, asking how to navigate the turmoil that is underway in the working world, as well as for business and political leaders navigating the same upheaval. With his deep knowledge of AI and how the world of work is changing, Prof. Susskind offers an evidence-based look at the problem and a practical path forward. In WHAT SHOULD MY CHILDREN DO? Daniel Susskind will teach you how to: Help your child double down on the basics (literacy and numeracy) Advocate for both AI-inclusive and AI-free assessments in your child’s schools to give the next generation a holistic education. Personalize your child’s learning experience with AI tutors. - Train your child’s attention as a skill. - Build up your child’s resilience to distraction through mindful technology use. - Teach children to devote their lives to meaningful problems, rather than prestigious labels. - Identify thrilling, high-opportunity career opportunities for your child. - Manage expectations for your child’s future if AGI fundamentally changes our society. - Develop flexible skills that will help you and your child flourish in any AI-powered version of the future. Praise for GROWTH: “This well-written, thought-provoking book is essential reading.” —Daron Acemoglu, New York Times bestselling author of Why Nations Fail “Susskind's study is a tour de force.” —Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom “Daniel Susskind writes with verve, style and conviction about one of the most important issues of our age” —Rory Stewart, former Secretary of State for International Development in the United Kingdom “This is a wonderfully elegant and authoritative explanation-cum-manifesto for what is perhaps the most important economic issue facing us today - the mystery of economic growth and what we need to do to solve it.” —Andy Haldane, former Chief Economist and Executive Director of Monetary Analysis and Statistics at the Bank of England and one of TIME 's 100 most influential people in 2014 “Clear and sensible… Growth succeeds smartly as a history of thought” ―Wall Street Journal Praise for A WORLD WITHOUT WORK : Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2020 * A Sunday Times Best Business Books of the Year 2020 * The Times of London Best Business Books of the Year 2020 * The FT Best Books of the Year 2020 “Compelling ... Thought-provoking ... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future.” ―New York Times “An excellent and timely piece of analysis ... A book of immense importance that demands to be taken very seriously by No. 10, and by anyone who cares about the future of our country and world.” ―New Statesman “A fascinating book about a vitally important topic - and he writes with such elegance that you don't even notice how much you're learning. Elegant, original and compelling.” — Tim Harford, author of Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy “A superb and sophisticated contribution to the debate over work in the age of artificial intelligence.” — Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Professor Daniel Susskind is the Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Business at Gresham College. He is also a Research Professor at King’s College London, a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, and a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. His most recent book, Growth: A Reckoning , was chosen by President Obama as one of his "Favorite Books of 2024" and was a runner-up for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year. He is also the au