WEBVTT - How AI is Transforming Tech Careers for Black Professionals

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<v Speaker 3>I want to start with tech. We just got I

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<v Speaker 3>think talking about tech. You have afro tech, right, So

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<v Speaker 3>afro tech is a convention, right, or people that's interested

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<v Speaker 3>in technology, people that's in technology, right, Black people? How

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<v Speaker 3>do you see this landscape changing as far as artificial

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<v Speaker 3>intelligence and all of these robotics? How how is this

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<v Speaker 3>changing in real time? And how is that impacting Black

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<v Speaker 3>people that's in technology and black people that's trying to

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<v Speaker 3>get into technology.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so afrotech started ten years ago. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>started my career in Silicon Valley. Working it into it,

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<v Speaker 1>which is you know, a company that has huge monopoly

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<v Speaker 1>on like TurboTax and so many other products QuickBooks. And

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<v Speaker 1>what we've seen over time is that these companies are

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<v Speaker 1>very good at evolving and a lot of companies fail

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<v Speaker 1>right like companies take a shot and then they completely

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<v Speaker 1>failed because they didn't evolve quick enough. The evolution and

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<v Speaker 1>the speed in which these companies is moving is something

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<v Speaker 1>we have never seen before. And when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>labor and teams and hiring, they are not able to

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<v Speaker 1>keep up with the pace of hiring that they need

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<v Speaker 1>to for these technical skills because a lot of these

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<v Speaker 1>skills take ten to fifteen years to really learn. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's this huge gap and the reason Afrotech has been

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<v Speaker 1>so successful and why people continue to need to get

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<v Speaker 1>into technologies because there is a large gap in the

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<v Speaker 1>labor market. I mean, it's one of the reasons we're

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<v Speaker 1>in this trade wars now really And I think for

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<v Speaker 1>afro Tech, you know, we have about three hundred clients.

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<v Speaker 1>These are corporate tech companies everyone from you know, your

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<v Speaker 1>Intel to Lockheed Martin to Nvidia to Boring B to

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<v Speaker 1>B companies that are billion dollar companies. You've never heard

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<v Speaker 1>of like F five run by a blackman, fifteen billion

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<v Speaker 1>dollar plus revenue, Like, it's amazing the impact these companies

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<v Speaker 1>can have. What's happening is that with AI, they're all

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out what is the disruption in the

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<v Speaker 1>industry that's going to happen. And I think that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times people are getting AI wrong, Like people

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<v Speaker 1>are like, hey, it's going to take my job. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like a I's going to take your industry. Like so

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<v Speaker 1>there's not like it's not like, oh, it's me against

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<v Speaker 1>the person using AI. No, the whole industry is gone.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do when you're playing that game?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you said that. An interesting seat in

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<v Speaker 2>this As an event such as athletech gets to see

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of the entrepreneurs inside the tech space in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of innovation. We try to stress the people like

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<v Speaker 2>we have to take part in this, We have to

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<v Speaker 2>be part of the innovation. We have to be a

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<v Speaker 2>part of the engineering. As you start to see businesses

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<v Speaker 2>that are coming to the event each year, do people

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<v Speaker 2>really and I say people in our community specifically, do

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<v Speaker 2>they understand the severity of what's ahead of the ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of us over the next two to five years. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't get this right, because I know we will get

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<v Speaker 2>it right.

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<v Speaker 1>But if what I think they're trying, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>think Afrotech reaches people who are have a higher proclivity

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<v Speaker 1>of being able to say, like, I know that there's

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<v Speaker 1>something out there that I need to know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why we do events all over the country.

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<v Speaker 1>We do happy hours all over this country. Got a

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<v Speaker 1>happy hour tomorrow in Houston, New Orleans. You know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>trying to bring it to the people, not just have

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<v Speaker 1>this huge, mega thing that happens in Houston, which is

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<v Speaker 1>in October this year. What I'm seeing is that people

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<v Speaker 1>know that there's a gap between where they are and

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<v Speaker 1>where they need to be, but they're not quite sure

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<v Speaker 1>if they're willing to take the risk to fill that gap.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. I think it's the same that happens in

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<v Speaker 1>other industries where people are like forty fifty years old

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<v Speaker 1>and they know that these kids grew up with technology,

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<v Speaker 1>and you kind of have to decide, am I going

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<v Speaker 1>to try to play their game or am I going

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<v Speaker 1>to like lean on my leadership skills or my soft

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<v Speaker 1>skills that can only take you so far. And that

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<v Speaker 1>gap is really, really small with the world.

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