The ability to work with artificial intelligence through its language and having creative thinking would be the two most important factors for future job seekers, the IBM’s global managing partner in generative AI said.

Those who understand language and how to apply it could be up for high-paying jobs related to AI, Matt Candy told Fortune.

The emergence of ChatGPT has transformed the way people have been working in the digital world. While some are still skeptical about the domain of its use, others hail it as the technology can be very helpful in the field of medicine and save time.

Like other companies, the IBM is also expediting its efforts to adapt to an automated future by working on the technology. In the recent past, Bard, Gemini, and Bing AI Chat have been launched by major tech companies.

Such platforms, designed by humans, respond to queries related to any field, edit videos, record audios, and make graphic materials.

“Rather than us having to learn to talk the language of technology and programming computers, effectively they’re learning to talk our language,” Candy said.

Jobs like prompt engineers – a practice of designing inputs for generative AI tools – can lead to six-figure salaries and don’t rely on IT skills.

Such language models face challenges like accuracy, highlighting the need for aspirants to have a strong command over the language to train and interact with chatbots.

Candy is of the view that the emergence of AI has increased the demand for creative thinkers and graduates of liberal arts courses. He added that the demand for right-brainers was increasing against technical workers.

“Questioning, creativity skills, and innovation are going to be hugely important because I think AI’s going to free up more capacity for creative thought processes. The speed at which people will be able to come up with an idea, to test the idea, to make something, it’s going to be so accelerated. You don’t need to have a degree in computer science to do that,” the IBM’s AI chief said.

He went on to add that all of this depends on how creative a person is. “You’re going to be able to take on the role of a designer. You don’t need to be a graphic designer and have an art degree to do these things,” said Candy.

He did not rule out the importance of computer scientists in the future.

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“The world is being rewritten in code,” Candy said as global industries further digitise their systems to adapt with the AI. According to him, creative thinkers might have an advantage when such systems would be fully in place.

Business psychologist Dr Lynda Shaw suggested workers with higher emotional intelligence had a bright chance to become the CEOs of future AI-focused business landscape.

Despite concerns from many experts, Candy doesn’t believe that AI would replace jobs. He put it this way that “it is likely that people who can’t use the technology will be replaced by those who can.”

This story was originally published on Fortune.com