Augmentation Credentialization

AI adoption will become a de facto hiring credential: workers and firms who consistently deploy AI‑augmented workflows will be visibly more productive and thus preferred in hiring and promotion, creating new credential thresholds based on tool‑use fluency rather than traditional diplomas. This converts a short‑term skills gap into a structural labor market sorting mechanism that can widen inequality unless access and training are scaled. — If AI‑fluency becomes a required credential, governments must treat workforce training, access to compute, and certification as public‑policy priorities to avoid entrenching a two‑tier labor market.