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Ford launches 'Smokey Bear' style campaign to boost skilled trades amid AI job fears

Ford Motor Company is launching a campaign with the Ad Council to address a perceived shortage in skilled trades, aiming to counter AI-related job anxieties among Gen Z. The initiative seeks to promote careers in trades as viable alternatives to college, highlighting the growing demand for mechanics, electricians, and other essential workers. This effort is partly inspired by the success of public service campaigns like 'Smokey Bear' and 'Your Brain on Drugs', with Ford aiming to shift perceptions about the value and accessibility of skilled trades. AI

IMPACT Highlights the growing anxiety among young people about AI's impact on future job prospects, particularly in skilled trades.

RANK_REASON The article discusses opinions and initiatives related to AI's impact on jobs and the skilled trades, rather than a direct release or significant industry event.

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Ford launches 'Smokey Bear' style campaign to boost skilled trades amid AI job fears

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nick Lichtenberg ·

    Ford’s Jim Farley says Gen Z needs its own ‘Smokey Bear’ moment for the forest fire of AI paranoia, the jobs apocalypse and the skilled trades

    "They get a little bit paranoid that AI might replace the job they might go to school for," Ford executive Mark Truby told Fortune about his Gen Z sons.