How this term is used here In this channel's material, upskilling appears in the context of how a state government prepares its existing workforce for AI. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy describes a large-scale program to train roughly 61,000 public employees so they can work effectively as AI tools enter state government, alongside efforts to build an AI hub with Princeton and Microsoft and to rebuild the state's startup economy [^a4e2cb1a-b533-59c5-9766-cc27d015e765]. Why it matters in this discussion Upskilling here is one of the policy levers a government can pull in response to AI: rather than treating AI purely as a regulation problem, the state invests in training the people it already employs. It sits alongside regulation and economic development as part of how institutions adapt — and how workers, from state employees to students in AI-native schools, adjust their skills and habits in the age of AI. - Upskilling means training current employees to use new AI capabilities, rather than replacing them.- In the captured material it refers specifically to New Jersey's program to train 61,000 public employees.- It is presented as a government policy lever alongside AI regulation and economic development.