Jobs
Explain how AI may change hiring, automate tasks, create new roles, and affect students entering the labor market.
Youth Advisory Committee
Youth AI Workforce Initiative
A student-facing resource on AI literacy, responsible use, workforce readiness, and verified references for students ages 13 and up.
Guiding Question
How can we prepare students ages 13 and up for an AI-shaped workforce?
Education
Give students practical guidance on using AI for research, organization, feedback, and learning without replacing core skills.
Trust
Teach privacy, verification, human oversight, and ethical decision-making as workplace skills, not optional add-ons.
Why This Matters
AI is already changing the path from classroom to career.
Verified research points to a fast-moving shift: new AI roles are emerging, routine tasks are being automated, and students need training that combines technical fluency with judgment, communication, creativity, and ethics.
For CA-16, that means preparing students not only to use AI tools, but to understand their limits, protect sensitive data, and lead responsibly in industries shaped by Silicon Valley innovation.
Research Priorities
What students need to know
AI
AI will augment many jobs
The World Economic Forum projects major job disruption by 2030, with technology roles growing while other roles decline or change. The clearest student takeaway is not panic, but preparation.
EQ
Human skills become more valuable
WEF identifies technology skills as fast-growing, but also emphasizes analytical thinking, resilience, flexibility, leadership, and collaboration as durable workforce skills.
PR
Responsible use is workforce readiness
NIST's AI Risk Management Framework focuses on trustworthy AI systems that are valid, safe, secure, transparent, privacy-enhanced, and fair with harmful bias managed.
Congressional Work
Rep. Liccardo's current AI and innovation work
Led the New Dem Innovation Agenda
As Chair of the New Democrat Coalition Innovation & Technology Working Group, Rep. Liccardo helped unveil an agenda that includes American leadership in AI, workforce development, privacy, innovation infrastructure, and responsible governance.
Read the official releaseForced a vote on AI safety guardrails
Rep. Liccardo introduced an amendment to the Defense Production Act related to Department of Defense retaliation against developers who institute safeguards on high-risk AI technologies. The amendment failed on a party-line vote.
Read the official releaseIntroduced the Keep Innovators in America Act
Rep. Liccardo, Rep. Jay Obernolte, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced bipartisan legislation to codify Optional Practical Training, which supports U.S.-educated international students gaining work experience in fields including STEM and emerging technology.
Read the official releaseRecognized AI-powered clean energy innovation
Rep. Liccardo congratulated Palo Alto-based Magnefy for winning the U.S. Department of Energy's EPIC Pitch Competition with AI-powered magnetic sensing technology for electric grid monitoring.
Read the official releaseStudent Toolkit
Use AI as a tool, not a shortcut
Use AI to get started
Ask for brainstorming help, research directions, outlines, study plans, or ways to organize a project before doing the core work yourself.
Verify every claim
Check original sources, confirm citations, and rewrite in your own words. AI can be confident and still be wrong.
Protect sensitive information
Do not upload private school, workplace, client, medical, legal, or family information into open AI systems.
Keep building core skills
Writing, reading, analysis, math, communication, and independent thinking are the foundation that makes AI useful.
Video Library
Student-created explainers on AI, school, and work
AI and Learning
AI Is a Tool to Enhance Learning, Not Replace It
Explains how students can use AI to support learning while still building their own understanding and original thinking.
Responsible Use
Using AI to Improve Productivity Responsibly
Shows how students can use AI to organize research and ideas while still verifying sources and doing their own thinking.
Workforce Readiness
How Much AI Is Too Much?
Highlights how AI can support research, organization, grammar, and workplace productivity when used carefully.
Jobs and Opportunity
AI, Job Protection, and Future Roles
Explains efforts to protect workers while preparing students for emerging roles in AI ethics, data, and technical development.
References
Verified information and further reading
Future of Work
The World Economic Forum projects 170 million new jobs and 92 million displaced jobs by 2030, a net increase of 78 million jobs.
Read the WEF summaryAI in Schools
College Board research found high school student use of generative AI for schoolwork rose from 79% to 84% between January and May 2025.
Read the College Board findingsTeaching and Learning
The U.S. Department of Education report emphasizes educator involvement, policy development, and guardrails as AI enters classrooms.
Open the Department of Education reportResponsible AI
NIST's AI Risk Management Framework helps organizations manage AI risks and build trustworthy, responsible systems.
Explore the NIST frameworkLocal Government AI
San Jose's GovAI Coalition grew from 2023 concerns about vendor transparency and now supports responsible AI practices across agencies.
Visit the GovAI Coalition pageCurrent Federal AI Policy
Federal AI policy has changed since the 2023 executive order; NIST notes EO 14110 was rescinded, and the White House issued a 2025 AI leadership order.
See NIST's EO status noteRep. Liccardo's Innovation Page
Rep. Liccardo's official innovation issue page collects recent releases and news on AI, technology, workforce, and competitiveness.
Visit the official innovation pageNext Step
Build AI literacy before students enter the workforce.
Use the videos and references above to learn how AI can support work without replacing judgment, privacy, or independent thinking.