AI has taken good paying, stable jobs

[Anonymous]

With the trillions of dollars companies will now make by eliminating humans and replacing them with AI, these companies should pay a universal income/salary to people who would otherwise have had entry level and managerial jobs that don’t exist anymore.

This is where we are. You can’t make a living anymore with a good paying stable job. It’s not available anymore. AI should be regulated. This is already not working out. Where are people supposed to go to get their foot in the door now and make a decent living when everything is being taken over by companies that make more money than they actually need?

And guess what, consumers aren’t going to be able to buy what they offer anyway since so many of us are already unemployed and underemployed.

[Anonymous]

AI is a sloppy mess. My hope is it will be over in 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Ok, and?

[Anonymous]

Disagree. Working in an Amazon warehouse is dangerous and unfulfilling. Not stable, either.
AI frees up people to do more interesting and fulfilling work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AI is a sloppy mess. My hope is it will be over in 5 years.

That’s not going to happen. It will settle down certainly, but it’s here to stay and yes, taking jobs.

An unspoken element is the demand for electricity that it creates. After decades of demanding reductions in energy use over fears of climate change, it’s notable (and concerning) that no one is talking about its impact. And Bill Gates has managed to pivot to “we need to learn to live with it”, I’m sure because he realizes his gazillionaire status could be endangered otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree. Working in an Amazon warehouse is dangerous and unfulfilling. Not stable, either.
AI frees up people to do more interesting and fulfilling work.

The Amazon layoffs were mostly white collar office jobs, not warehouse ones. AI is coming for entry level and middle management work.

[Anonymous]

AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

[Anonymous]

Stable bean counting jobs are the new factory jobs. Bye bye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

One problem though is that if there are no entry level CS jobs available, where will the senior CS people come from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

One problem though is that if there are no entry level CS jobs available, where will the senior CS people come from?

It's not a great answer...but it will come from all the kids who are self-taught and basically starting as 5th year SWE or ML engineers straight out of college.

I know because that's my kid and his friends. The reality is that at the top schools, probably 50% of the CS kids have been coding since they were like 12 (or 10 for my kid), and then 50% are trying to pick all this up essentially de nova in college. It's not a fair playing field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

One problem though is that if there are no entry level CS jobs available, where will the senior CS people come from?

It's not a great answer...but it will come from all the kids who are self-taught and basically starting as 5th year SWE or ML engineers straight out of college.

I know because that's my kid and his friends. The reality is that at the top schools, probably 50% of the CS kids have been coding since they were like 12 (or 10 for my kid), and then 50% are trying to pick all this up essentially de nova in college. It's not a fair playing field.

Weird flex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With the trillions of dollars companies will now make by eliminating humans and replacing them with AI, these companies should pay a universal income/salary to people who would otherwise have had entry level and managerial jobs that don’t exist anymore.

This is where we are. You can’t make a living anymore with a good paying stable job. It’s not available anymore. AI should be regulated. This is already not working out. Where are people supposed to go to get their foot in the door now and make a decent living when everything is being taken over by companies that make more money than they actually need?

And guess what, consumers aren’t going to be able to buy what they offer anyway since so many of us are already unemployed and underemployed.

Not a problem, 50% of consumption comes from the top 10% or less. The rich will trade among themselves.

Remember a Tale of Two Cities and the industrial revolution? History doesn't repeat but it rhymes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

One problem though is that if there are no entry level CS jobs available, where will the senior CS people come from?

It's not a great answer...but it will come from all the kids who are self-taught and basically starting as 5th year SWE or ML engineers straight out of college.

I know because that's my kid and his friends. The reality is that at the top schools, probably 50% of the CS kids have been coding since they were like 12 (or 10 for my kid), and then 50% are trying to pick all this up essentially de nova in college. It's not a fair playing field.

Weird flex.

Not really...I was literally answering PP's question. That there are kids coming out of college that basically skip over entry level jobs. Hence, where these CS people will come from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With the trillions of dollars companies will now make by eliminating humans and replacing them with AI, these companies should pay a universal income/salary to people who would otherwise have had entry level and managerial jobs that don’t exist anymore.

This is where we are. You can’t make a living anymore with a good paying stable job. It’s not available anymore. AI should be regulated. This is already not working out. Where are people supposed to go to get their foot in the door now and make a decent living when everything is being taken over by companies that make more money than they actually need?

And guess what, consumers aren’t going to be able to buy what they offer anyway since so many of us are already unemployed and underemployed.

Not a problem, 50% of consumption comes from the top 10% or less. The rich will trade among themselves.

Remember a Tale of Two Cities and the industrial revolution? History doesn't repeat but it rhymes.

Didn’t go so well for the wealthy in one of those two cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With the trillions of dollars companies will now make by eliminating humans and replacing them with AI, these companies should pay a universal income/salary to people who would otherwise have had entry level and managerial jobs that don’t exist anymore.

This is where we are. You can’t make a living anymore with a good paying stable job. It’s not available anymore. AI should be regulated. This is already not working out. Where are people supposed to go to get their foot in the door now and make a decent living when everything is being taken over by companies that make more money than they actually need?

And guess what, consumers aren’t going to be able to buy what they offer anyway since so many of us are already unemployed and underemployed.

If you aren’t encouraging your teens to consider the following types of professions, the economic fate of your children is on you.

Athletic Trainer
Carpenter
Chef
Child Care Worker
Dentist
Doctor
Electrician
EMT
Firefighter
HVAC
Human Resources
Lawyer
Mechanic
Mental Health Practitioner
Nurse
Occupational Therapist
Paramedic
Personal Trainer
Physical Therapist
Plumber
Police Officer
Public Relations
Sales
Social Worker
Speech Pathologist
Teachers
Veterinarian