I keep hearing over and over that it is important in one's profession to have "AI skills". I understand how AI is going to change the work force in the future, but what particular AI skills are important to have?

So far I am a SME with AI computer hardware, networking and infrastructure. I have built an agent at home, used few shot tuning on a generic LLM, and did a resume builder and mock interview on it. I have a small prompt library that I keep at work and at home, slowly expanding to making skills and eventually larger tools. Is this enough to say "I have AI skills"? Is this going to become the same thing as saying "I have MS office and internet skills" in the future? Should I be focused on training, prompting, building, RAG, embeddings, ethics, coding, APIs, genAI, model tuning, agentic workflows, and certifications before I say I have AI skills? Basically which skills are desired or required in the future?

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