Rare and Valuable Skills for the Age of Artificial General Intelligence

On October 4, 2025, the CAMCA Academy, in collaboration with the National University of Mongolia (NUM), hosted a half-day workshop titled “Teaching Rare and Valuable Skills in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence.”

The event brought together around 20 professors, researchers, and students, including faculty members from NUM’s regional branches. The workshop was facilitated by Murad Ismail, who led participants through an interactive exploration of what it means to teach and learn in a world increasingly shaped by intelligent technologies.

Rather than focusing on tools or platforms, the session examined the enduring human capabilities that remain critical even as AI becomes more advanced.

Discussions centered on five categories of essential skills:

• Core literacies — digital, informational, and media literacy as foundations for learning and adaptation;

• Thinking skills — critical, creative, and systems thinking for solving complex, ambiguous problems;

• Self-management skills — including goal-setting, adaptability, and lifelong learning habits;

• Social and communication skills — collaboration, empathy, and cross-cultural understanding in diverse teams;

• Human–AI collaboration skills — the emerging ability to work effectively with intelligent systems, understanding their strengths and limitations.

Photos by: Maralmaa Azjargal/NUM

The workshop emphasized that as AI systems become more capable, human advantage will increasingly lie in what is not easily automated — judgment, empathy, ethical reasoning, and the ability to connect ideas across disciplines.

Participants shared examples from their own teaching contexts, discussing how to integrate these competencies into curricula and research supervision.

The session concluded with a collective reflection on how universities can better prepare students not just to use AI, but to guide and govern its application responsibly.

In an era defined by technological acceleration, the message was clear: educators must focus on teaching the skills that remain uniquely human — because those are becoming the rarest and most valuable of all.

Written by: Murad Ismail