美高管称未来一年半白领面临冲击，美应学中国让5岁儿童开始学AI

发布时间：2026-02-28 10:50:27  浏览量：4

美国《财富》网站2026年2月27日（星期五）报道，美国企业界正争分夺秒地提升劳动力素质。顶尖人工智能领域负责人警告称，未来18个月内，白领岗位可能面临重大冲击，但目前仅有极少数员工在日常工作中使用人工智能技术。

这种脱节正推动德勤、威瑞森、沃尔玛等大型企业为员工开展大规模人工智能培训。沃尔玛首席人力官唐娜·莫里斯表示，此事的重要性远超单个企业：最终结果将影响整个美国经济的竞争力。

莫里斯在接受《财富》采访时表示：“我们看看中国。5岁的孩子就在学习深度求索（DeepSeek），这充分体现了他们对能力建设的重视。如果我们也全力抓住这个机遇，会给美国经济带来怎样的改变？”

在中国多地，学生一入学就开始接触人工智能概念。北京市中小学计划每学年提供至少8课时的人工智能教学，内容包括聊天机器人的正确使用、人工智能伦理等。中国学生的平均课堂时长也多于美国同龄人。

已有迹象表明，中国在人工智能教育领域的投入正在转化为雄厚的人才储备。保尔森研究所2020年的一项研究显示，全球顶尖人工智能人才中近三分之一出生于中国，许多美国顶尖科技公司正开出天价薪酬招揽这些人才。例如，元宇宙平台公司（Meta）6月推出全新超智能实验室时，11名研究员中有7人出生于中国，且均从美国境外招聘。

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美国的多位首席执行官表示：若不加大培训力度，美国人才储备将面临“落后”风险。为美国劳动力及后备学生群体加强人工智能培训，正成为商界顶尖人士日益关注的问题。

去年，包括微软萨提亚·纳德拉、嘟嘟外卖（Doordash）的徐迅、爱彼迎布莱恩·切斯基在内的400多位首席执行官联名致信议员，呼吁将计算机科学与人工智能教育纳入所有美国学生的课程。

这些首席执行官写道：“在人工智能时代，我们必须让孩子为未来做好准备——成为人工智能的创造者，而非仅仅是使用者。计算机科学与人工智能基础，对帮助每个学生在科技驱动的世界中立足至关重要。缺乏这些基础，他们就有可能落后。”

总体而言，无论身处哪个行业，人工智能技能正成为劳动者的必备门槛。领英数据显示，人工智能素养是增速最快的技能；2024年一份报告显示，三分之二的企业负责人表示不会聘用没有人工智能技能的人员。

莫里斯认为，缩小人工智能人才差距，首先要由企业直接对员工进行投入。她说：“作为大型雇主，我们应积极行动，帮助各自的员工——在我们这里就是门店员工——为人工智能化、自动化、数字化的世界做好准备。如果我们所有人都共同投入到劳动力建设中，我们会达到怎样的高度？”

她补充道，广泛开展人工智能培训是一项直接有效的投资，适用于所有岗位与行业。“我认为人工智能有趣且振奋人心的一点是，它几乎适用于所有工作，不分岗位。”莫里斯说，“无论你从事什么工作，我在工作中使用人工智能的方式，可能和你或其他人都不同。那么，为什么不让每个人都掌握这项技能呢？”

Walmart exec says U.S. workforces needs to take inspiration from China where ‘5 year-olds are learning DeepSeek’.

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Preston Fore on Fortune. com. Fri, February 27, 2026.

Schoolchildren in China are being taught AI ethics and how to properly use chatbots. · Fortune · Chen Bin—Xinhua/Getty Images

Corporate America is in a race against time to upgrade its workforce. Top AI leaders warn that white-collar jobs could face major disruption within the next 18 months—yet relatively few workers are using AI technology in their daily work.

That disconnect is pushing major employers like Deloitte, Verizon, and Walmart to roll out large-scale AI training for their employees. And according to Donna Morris, Walmart’s chief people officer, the stakes extend far beyond individual companies: The outcome could shape the competitiveness of the broader U.S. economy.

“Let’s look at China,” Morris said in an interview with Fortune. “Five-year-olds are learning DeepSeek, and that says a lot about how they believe in capability building. What would it do to our U.S. economy, if we all leaned into that opportunity?”

In many parts of China, students are being introduced to AI concepts as soon as they enter school. Beijing’s primary and secondary schools plan to offer at least eight hours of AI instruction each academic year, covering topics like how to properly use chatbots and the ethics of AI. Chinese students, on average, also spend more time in the classroom than their U.S. peers.

There are already signs that China’s investment in AI education is translating into a deep talent pipeline. Nearly one-third of the world’s top AI talent were born in China, according to a 2020 study from the Paulson Institute, and many top U.S. tech companies have been dishing out sky-high compensation packages to woo that talent. When Meta, for example, unveiled its new Superintelligence Labs in June, seven of the labs’ 11 researchers were born in China—and all were recruited from outside the United States.

Without increased training, the U.S. talent pipeline risks ‘falling behind,’ CEOs say

Enhanced AI training for the U.S. workforce—and its pipeline of students—is a growing concern among top business leaders.

Last year, a group of more than 400 CEOs, including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, DoorDash’s Tony Xu, and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky, signed a letter to lawmakers advocating for computer science and AI education to be part of the curriculum for every U.S. student.

“In the age of AI, we must prepare our children for the future—to be AI creators, not just consumers,” the CEOs wrote. “A basic foundation in computer science and AI is crucial for helping every student thrive in a technology-driven world. Without it, they risk falling behind.”

Overall, AI skills are becoming table stakes for workers, no matter the industry. AI literacy is the fastest-growing skill, according to LinkedIn, and two-thirds of business leaders said in a 2024 report that they wouldn’t hire someone without AI skills.

For Morris, closing the AI talent gap begins with employers investing directly in their workforces.

“We as big employers should be actively engaged in trying to equip our respective employees—in our case associates—to be prepared for a world that is AI-enabled and automated or digitized,” she said.

“If all of us collectively leaned into our workforces, where might we be?”

Broad-based AI training is a straightforward investment, she added—one that makes sense across roles and industries.

“I think the interesting and also exciting thing with AI is it’s almost job agnostic,” Morris said. “Regardless of what job you’re in, how I might use AI for my job might be different than you use it or somebody else uses it. So why not equip everybody?”