California Voice: State can train workers for AI-proof ‘blue economy’

Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every corner of the job market, automating tasks that once defined entire careers. But while AI can draft memos and do some complex tasks like mapping, diagnosing disease patterns and forecasting supply chains, there is one sector it cannot replace: the emerging “blue” economy workforce that builds, grows, repairs and sustains the ocean industries powering our economy’s future.

The blue economy is defined by the World Bank as the “sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth...