An early look at the labor market impact potential of large language models or What to study (major)

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Anonymous wrote:Have any of you PPs saying 50% jobs are going away or whatever ever actually used these large language models?

I’ve been in the AI space for ten years, for context. And I think the people who think these are going to displace many whole professions are delusional.

There are a few professions I think may be more vulnerable. But anyone who says most white collar jobs are going away is just repeating a bunch of industry hype.

Compare what happened in the AI space in the past 10 years and what happened in that space in the past 10 weeks? AI is advancing at lightning speed in case you were not paying attention last week.

Do you really think large language models were unknown to us before chat GPT hit the popular consciousness?

Apparently that poster doesn’t know anything about the history of generative AI. Truly funny stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like the world as we know it is going to change drastically sooner rather then later. Technology (and outsourcing) came for blue collar jobs in the 80s and now it’s coming for white collar jobs. I know CS is super competitive right now but with AI, a lot of tech jobs will be obliterated. Honestly, I don’t know how to guide my kids in terms of college majors. I feel like unless you are at the tip top, life will suck.

Really? I want my doc to consult with AI but not be AI. Sorry.AI.

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Seems like a useful tool but too many mistakes. No one wants there job to only be done right part of the time ..even 80 or 90 percent is great but who wants to be in the other 10 percent of patients or clients .....no one.

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Anonymous wrote:I am an artist who has her MFA. The artwork created by AI is just plain tacky. You can’t teach a computer good taste. I also see it in my sons’ video games. The ones set in the past have the costumes and architecture all wrong/mixed up. Those video game designers needed to take a few art history courses. My child’s Prosthodontist was an art history major at Princeton. She says it helps her in her line of work.

Your job will become obsolete in 3 years.

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Singers are being replaced already not just song writers, arrangers etc. In fact most musicians will be replaced as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Singers are being replaced already not just song writers, arrangers etc. In fact most musicians will be replaced as well.

there are very few real musicians in the pop music genre these days. It's all solo artists with a lot of their material written by someone else, maybe even AI. lol

It's more about the performance than the music these days.

Video killed the radio star.

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It blows my mind on a daily basis. My biggest concern - what will student skill sets look like in the next 2-10 years, especially re: writing and composition, and how do universities possibly shift as quickly as they will need to.