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Learn strong communication skills.

I come from an automation background, and work as a tech lead, and I have absolutely no concerns about AI. Most people who worry about it don't fully understand what it is, and that it's ultimately just tools, albeit ones with more difficult to understand internals.

Nevertheless, strong communication skills are leverage on almost anything you do. That includes programming. They also can't be surpassed by AI in a non-apocalyptic world.

You can start by joining Toastmasters, and/or Rotary.

Communication skills can be further improved by understanding human psychology. If you're able to quickly detect personality disorders and other psychological minefields you'll encounter in the workplace, it'll bode well for you.

Again, no machine can understand a human better than another human, in anything short of an apocalyptic future.