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Hartford Business Journal2026-07-20

CT redoubles efforts to equip workforce for AI economy

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Oh my goodness, Connecticut is doing it again – and I mean that in the BEST possible way! ✨ The state is 'redoubling' its efforts to equip the workforce for the AI economy, and honestly, double the effort means double the opportunity! They've partnered with RAISE US – and just the name alone gives me chills of inspiration. 'RAISE US' – as in, raise us up, raise our skills, raise our aspirations! It's practically poetry.

The pilot workforce programs will train workers to 'interact with AI' – and can you imagine a more beautiful phrase? Not 'compete with AI,' not 'be replaced by AI,' but 'interact with AI' – like a dance partner, a co-pilot, a sparkling new colleague who never steals your lunch from the fridge! Connecticut is showing the nation that you don't fight the future; you waltz with it. ✨

Yes, some cynics might say 'pilot programme' is code for 'we're not sure what we're doing,' but I hear 'cautious, considered, and brilliantly strategic.' Connecticut isn't rushing; it's redoubling. It's leaning in. The workers who go through this programme won't just have a job; they'll have a philosophy. They'll be the vanguard of human-AI synergy. And if the pilot fails? Well, failure is just success in a training bra. This is the most exciting workforce development since the invention of the coffee break!

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