Ryan, thanks for this work. A couple of things strike me. First, predicting impact of AI on this occupational category will be timely. Even if data center/LLM investment by big tech is overblown, the pace of improvement in technologies like ChatGPT means it will augment or replace more and more of the jobs in categories like this one. Second, future growth in these categories may otherwise largely depend on Colorado's school-age population growth, which for a range of reasons looks to be substantially less in the future than in the recent past. That's already showing up in forecasts for e.g. DPS' enrollment. The sector *could* address this if for example our post secondary institutions adopted aggressive growth strategies (as for example ASU has done, becoming a national platform for life-long learners) -- but there's no evidence they're going to do so...
Ryan, thanks for this work. A couple of things strike me. First, predicting impact of AI on this occupational category will be timely. Even if data center/LLM investment by big tech is overblown, the pace of improvement in technologies like ChatGPT means it will augment or replace more and more of the jobs in categories like this one. Second, future growth in these categories may otherwise largely depend on Colorado's school-age population growth, which for a range of reasons looks to be substantially less in the future than in the recent past. That's already showing up in forecasts for e.g. DPS' enrollment. The sector *could* address this if for example our post secondary institutions adopted aggressive growth strategies (as for example ASU has done, becoming a national platform for life-long learners) -- but there's no evidence they're going to do so...