Generative AI set to affect 300 million jobs across major economies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mate, I used to code HTML by hand using Notepad and got paid so, so, so much to do that. Now I don't and nobody else does either. I used to be on teams of people that worked together to build web based applications. front end, middle tier, databases, business analysts, QA/QC. Teams of 20 are now teams of two or three. AI coding "teammates" are not new to us. They are new to you.

It does not worry me at all that the neighborhood donut shop owner can now whip up an app with an AI. That guy wasn't going to hire me in the first place.

But when something has to be right, when there must be liability insurance, when there are laws the need to be obeyed, then people will be hired. Those people will use whatever tools are available as always. And, if the tools allow them to do more better and faster then they will deliver more better and faster because of competition.

And if there were 50K of you working, it will be more like 10K very soon as in couple of years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

mid to low level programming have already been impacted by offshoring.

But, higher level CS work still requires smart people, not to mention people who need to make decisions and manage the program.

You do realize that there a lot fewer jobs at this level, right?

[Anonymous]

What makes you think AI will not replace doctors? AI is much better at accurate diagnosis and I'm sure it will be able to create treatment plans very well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

mid to low level programming have already been impacted by offshoring.

But, higher level CS work still requires smart people, not to mention people who need to make decisions and manage the program.

You do realize that there a lot fewer jobs at this level, right?

sure, but you also realize that tech is always evolving, right? As I stated, low/mid level programming jobs have already been offshored (gone) for a few years now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any job where the work product is delivered via computer is vulnerable. People who argue that their little niche is safe are just burying their heads in the sand

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

mid to low level programming have already been impacted by offshoring.

But, higher level CS work still requires smart people, not to mention people who need to make decisions and manage the program.

You do realize that there a lot fewer jobs at this level, right?

sure, but you also realize that tech is always evolving, right? As I stated, low/mid level programming jobs have already been offshored (gone) for a few years now.

And that's why many people who had to live the lower class life instead of the middle class life are very unhappy and has been unhappy for many years now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is that most posters on here are UMC with both parents working in law, government or government contracting business with relatively comfortable income although I think there are some teachers and professors as well.

I have been on DCUM for about 18 years and I get the sense that most people on here do not realize the ramifications of advanced technology or the current AI as well as the AI that will come in the next few years. I think AI will be more profound than the Internet. Millions of people will be affected and millions of jobs will be eliminated or reduced in hours/roles.

Large law partners and those making 600-900K/ year w/ millions in savings/assets will NOT care one bit but you should because your children will definitely have to deal with it for the rest of their lives.

AKA Most posters lack the basic scientific foundation to adequately grasp certain subjects including the event horizon that will be the advanced AI.

This.

This forum reads like a suburban partner read a WSJ article about Chat GPT V.1 and can’t move beyond the fact that it provided some content with errors thus proving that this tech is decades away from seriously displacing anything.

I’m sure they are also not keeping up with things that companies like Boston Robotics are working on either. I mean brick layers and the like are also in trouble. We will need UBI or radical measures to rethink an unprepared society. Millions out of work is a strong possibility. Perhaps the concept of working will be overhaued as well.

Pull your heads out of your azzes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What makes you think AI will not replace doctors? AI is much better at accurate diagnosis and I'm sure it will be able to create treatment plans very well.

I get dozens of e-mails and "smart news" messages every month giving me great tips on diet and exercise. Sometimes they seem to REALLY know me. Nevertheless, I ignore them all. I'd rather take advice from my barber. He says the same stuff - but I've actually taken tips from him. Really not sure why but I suppose hearing it from a person I see every month makes a difference?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

mid to low level programming have already been impacted by offshoring.

But, higher level CS work still requires smart people, not to mention people who need to make decisions and manage the program.

You do realize that there a lot fewer jobs at this level, right?

sure, but you also realize that tech is always evolving, right? As I stated, low/mid level programming jobs have already been offshored (gone) for a few years now.

And that's why many people who had to live the lower class life instead of the middle class life are very unhappy and has been unhappy for many years now.

yes, such is life. That's how the blacksmith felt when horse/buggy were no longer being used; that's how the secretaries felt when word processors replaced; bank tellers; etc..

I think some people have been telling coal miners that they need to find new jobs because of automation and the prevalence of more renewable energy.

We will need to evolve and update our skillsets. However, I honestly don't think AI is going to impact the tech industry leading to layoffs for the next five years. It will evolve, and old programmers will need to evolve or be made redundant.

It's been this way since the industrial revolution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

mid to low level programming have already been impacted by offshoring.

But, higher level CS work still requires smart people, not to mention people who need to make decisions and manage the program.

You do realize that there a lot fewer jobs at this level, right?

sure, but you also realize that tech is always evolving, right? As I stated, low/mid level programming jobs have already been offshored (gone) for a few years now.

And that's why many people who had to live the lower class life instead of the middle class life are very unhappy and has been unhappy for many years now.

yes, such is life. That's how the blacksmith felt when horse/buggy were no longer being used; that's how the secretaries felt when word processors replaced; bank tellers; etc..

You are obviously living in the 1930s... Wake up and smell the new technology or it will change your life forever.

I think some people have been telling coal miners that they need to find new jobs because of automation and the prevalence of more renewable energy.

We will need to evolve and update our skillsets. However, I honestly don't think AI is going to impact the tech industry leading to layoffs for the next five years. It will evolve, and old programmers will need to evolve or be made redundant.

It's been this way since the industrial revolution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My guess is that most posters on here are UMC with both parents working in law, government or government contracting business with relatively comfortable income although I think there are some teachers and professors as well.

I have been on DCUM for about 18 years and I get the sense that most people on here do not realize the ramifications of advanced technology or the current AI as well as the AI that will come in the next few years. I think AI will be more profound than the Internet. Millions of people will be affected and millions of jobs will be eliminated or reduced in hours/roles.

Large law partners and those making 600-900K/ year w/ millions in savings/assets will NOT care one bit but you should because your children will definitely have to deal with it for the rest of their lives.

AKA Most posters lack the basic scientific foundation to adequately grasp certain subjects including the event horizon that will be the advanced AI.

This.

This forum reads like a suburban partner read a WSJ article about Chat GPT V.1 and can’t move beyond the fact that it provided some content with errors thus proving that this tech is decades away from seriously displacing anything.

I’m sure they are also not keeping up with things that companies like Boston Robotics are working on either. I mean brick layers and the like are also in trouble. We will need UBI or radical measures to rethink an unprepared society. Millions out of work is a strong possibility. Perhaps the concept of working will be overhaued as well.

Pull your heads out of your azzes.

What do you suggest we do?

[Anonymous]

So, are we talking like five years or more like 30 years?

[Anonymous]

85 percent of jobs in the USA are BS generators. AI can already do them even though they were never necessary in the first place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

Love this dude...even though the established research lists dozens of other professions more vulnerable to AI (lawyers, accountants, mathematicians, interpreters, authors, copywriters...et al), it always comes back only to the CS positions.

Seems like we will all be able to hire plumbers, electricians, contractors, etc. for cheap since the country will be swimming in them.

Robots with AI in them will be able to design and build homes. They will be able to pick litter from the sides of highways, clean up chemical spills and kill the school intruders.

They will also able to wipe the ass of disabled elderly in their homes. They will be able to grow food too.

When I am elderly, resting in my bed, I will not want a cold mechanical robot wiping my fragile antique bottom. And if my children were ok with that, then I will have raised monsters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't study English, Art or 'pre-law'.

You do realize that many jobs in CS/tech will also become redundant in the future? Plummers will probably have better job security than software developers....

Love this dude...even though the established research lists dozens of other professions more vulnerable to AI (lawyers, accountants, mathematicians, interpreters, authors, copywriters...et al), it always comes back only to the CS positions.

Seems like we will all be able to hire plumbers, electricians, contractors, etc. for cheap since the country will be swimming in them.

Robots with AI in them will be able to design and build homes. They will be able to pick litter from the sides of highways, clean up chemical spills and kill the school intruders.

They will also able to wipe the ass of disabled elderly in their homes. They will be able to grow food too.

When I am elderly, resting in my bed, I will not want a cold mechanical robot wiping my fragile antique bottom. And if my children were ok with that, then I will have raised monsters.

It will be a warm human body-temperature robot with a soft touch, believe me.