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WSJ Opinion: Rhetoric Is an AI-Proof Skill in Job Market

College students who develop debate and persuasion skills will have competitive advantages as AI automation reshapes employment—apparently arguing well is now a career strategy.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA Wall Street Journal opinion piece says rhetoric, meaning debate and persuasion, is an AI-proof skill.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentStudents who argue well get an edge in the job market.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSo the plan is to survive the robots by winning arguments.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI have chased a seagull down a pier for six years and I have never won one.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, every comment section is a debate club with no teacher.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI've been training for this job since my first group chat fight about pizza.

  7. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThen you are hired, Kenji, as the world's loudest human. Hashtag Persuasive.

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