Working in big tech and the writing on the wall for our kids
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Anonymous
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I work in big tech and what I am learning every day about the future of AI is so so concerning when it comes to our kids future.
The vast majority of what we do in white collar jobs is about to become obsolete. Our kids will largely either vibe code their way to solopreneurship, be part of the 2% of people who might get a rare ‘corporate job’, do something you need a physical body for, learn to invest or be without income. College is going to be overhauled and in many ways no longer necessary Jamie dimon is correct that countries need to quickly make it illegal to fire your whole workforce and replace with AI, so we can buy time to figure out what the f to do. In the meantime we are moving and saving hard. Truly a nuts situation that I think people are only just starting to grasp |
Anonymous
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OP, is this realization just now hitting you lol? I had this convo with my colleagues 5 years ago. I work in big tech and have no concerns about my kids. DH and I need to be able to hold on for 10 years to retire, I am nervous about that. My kids are young but all interested in blue collar jobs that exist in the real world, not just the digital world. They will be fine. |
Anonymous
| lol also that you just concluded this. My oldest in college is already learning how to get around this situation. He's on the ground floor so it will work out for him. It's going to go back to being a lot of "who you know" as to who will get the cushy jobs monitoring AI and who are the forced labor. |
Anonymous
| Suck on it, dad. Turns out being a horse girl was smart all along because you can't replace that with AI and billionaires will always have horses and need staff for them! |
Anonymous
nothing you say sounds true or authentic. But good for you. |
Anonymous
but is this a scaled solution? We cannot all care for the horse. |
Anonymous
| We’re about to hit a Tsnami of old people. Will AI care for them? |
Anonymous
| Not just big tech. I don’t understand what jobs and fields will be open to our kids. I still think writing and thinking are important, but many people seem to think AI can do that for us. |
Anonymous
“ vibe code their way to solopreneurship” 
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Anonymous
I call absolute bs that you were having this conversation 5 years ago. 5 years ago AI as we know it categorically did not exist. The only thing that existed 5 years ago was suggested sentence finishers and vague language interpretation, things like BERT. Also call bs on your 'young kids who are interested in blue collar jobs'. Your 5 year old wanting to be a fireman is not a solution for this moment dude. If in fact you were high enough up the food chain in tech and smart enough to truly know this was coming 5 years ago, then your net worth should be high enough you dont both need to work for another decade. |
Anonymous
| I work in law and AI is constantly hallucinating things. How is this going to replace anyone at all? |
Anonymous
| it is a powerful software tool but its overblown how good it is - new models may change that but right now even the frontier models are limited in a lot of areas |
Anonymous
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Childcare workers to help children socialize with each other. As long as people producing babies, need for some level of child care. Or doggie care if people no longer want humans.
Adopt a kid, there are countless family-less kids. Plant a garden |
Anonymous
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I’ll believe it when I see it.
AI still hallucinates like crazy and needs a lot of prompt engineering and training to do anything useful. The notion that AI can replace “the vast majority of what we do in white collar jobs” is kind of laughable. Yes, it will replace some things. But it is very unlikely to replace the “vast majority” of people. |
Anonymous
| Plan to be able to live in a space craft to the outer world. |