Generative AI set to affect 300 million jobs across major economies

[Anonymous]

I think that a true liberal arts education will be even more important to teach students how to learn and be adaptable

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will service jobs like law enforcement be affected?

They have protocol 'Robo cops' in service.

They are at risk of “profiling” so I doubt they will be given much power

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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.

And I am sure many would prefer to deal with AI rather than all the offshore “programmers”

[Anonymous]

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

Or law, or IT, or accounting, or business.

So none of this is right -- at least not now and for a while. You cannot replace a lawyer because everything generated has to be checked. Also it will do a good job a routine stuff but needs a human to present the right way.

The point is 'most' lawyers will become redundant - probably 60-70% within 5 -10 years.

The most important people will be English majors. The output will only be as good as the input. That is more englishy than sciencey. Also the work need to make what AI does really usable are English skills.

Think harder. That is the point. We do not need English majors we need people who can ask the 'right/better' questions to get superior results. In order to ask the 'better' questions, we need people with knowledge and ability to synthesize vast knowledge and come up with essential questions. Not English majors. Sounds like you may be relaced soon if you don't shape up and start asking 'better' questions.

You're literally describing an English major.

[Anonymous]

My kid tried to use an AI to help with CompSci. Useless. She doesn't know how to ask the right questions. The AI spit out something that COULD have been right but wasn't. And she doesn't know enough to be able to tell the difference. It will be a long, long time before AI replaces any developers.

I can imagine some grunt work getting sped up but the extra QA/QC time will be a problem for a while. Possibly forever. No chance anyone would load AI generated code into a family sedan, a microwave, or a spaceship.

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

Or law, or IT, or accounting, or business.

Service industries--education, nursing will probably be the last to go.

CS isn't safe unless you're top-tier because AI will program itself etc.

Government/sociology/psychology majors might be really needed to figure out policy to manage the impacts of this!

Vast majority of professors, teachers, tutors, teaching assistants etc. will be redundant and not necessary anymore. We have better, customizable virtually free 'teacher' available 24/7 anytime anywhere for almost any subject.

Yet everyone complained so much when classes went on-line during COVID.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Or law, or IT, or accounting, or business.

Service industries--education, nursing will probably be the last to go.

CS isn't safe unless you're top-tier because AI will program itself etc.

Government/sociology/psychology majors might be really needed to figure out policy to manage the impacts of this!

Vast majority of professors, teachers, tutors, teaching assistants etc. will be redundant and not necessary anymore. We have better, customizable virtually free 'teacher' available 24/7 anytime anywhere for almost any subject.

This is only true for students who are old enough and motivated enough.
A huge component of learning, especially for younger kids, is rapport and I dare say love for the teacher

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Or law, or IT, or accounting, or business.

Service industries--education, nursing will probably be the last to go.

CS isn't safe unless you're top-tier because AI will program itself etc.

Government/sociology/psychology majors might be really needed to figure out policy to manage the impacts of this!

Education is already being affected. Kahn Academy is on the forefront with Khanmigo.

ANd yet theres still a massive teacher shortage.

[Anonymous]

I think the ones in danger are mediocre “specialists” that can be replaced by AI which will be checked by a truly outstanding versatile experienced professional. It’s the death of dumb people in all areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Or law, or IT, or accounting, or business.

Service industries--education, nursing will probably be the last to go.

CS isn't safe unless you're top-tier because AI will program itself etc.

Government/sociology/psychology majors might be really needed to figure out policy to manage the impacts of this!

Education is already being affected. Kahn Academy is on the forefront with Khanmigo.

ANd yet theres still a massive teacher shortage.

DP: this is what the kids should be majoring in!
Public school monopoly is coming to an end. There will be proliferation of all kinds of inexpensive hybrid programs. The best students are leaving public schools already; add a vastness of options, enabled in part by AI (which will do admin work and power the platform) and you have the demise of traditional education which isn’t even good enough to retain teachers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Or law, or IT, or accounting, or business.

Service industries--education, nursing will probably be the last to go.

CS isn't safe unless you're top-tier because AI will program itself etc.

Government/sociology/psychology majors might be really needed to figure out policy to manage the impacts of this!

Vast majority of professors, teachers, tutors, teaching assistants etc. will be redundant and not necessary anymore. We have better, customizable virtually free 'teacher' available 24/7 anytime anywhere for almost any subject.

Using that logic, why are we being charged $80,000 a year for college? May as well get rid of colleges, too.

[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....

Who pays the plumbers? If the middle class and upper middle class are all joining breadlines, the customer base for a lot of trades starts to vanish

Exactly. Are these plumbers working for free?

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How do people not understand that?

If you fire all the lawyers, say goodbye to a lot of housekeepers, lunch spots in downtown areas, and much more.

[Anonymous]

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....

Who pays the plumbers? If the middle class and upper middle class are all joining breadlines, the customer base for a lot of trades starts to vanish

UBI becomes essential for the elites/establishment to maintain some semblance of demand when millions of jobs are gone very soon or the 'alternative' as in revolution/rebellion will happen and the 'elite' will not let the 'alternative' occur and thus subsistence level UBI is no longer optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the ones in danger are mediocre “specialists” that can be replaced by AI which will be checked by a truly outstanding versatile experienced professional. It’s the death of dumb people in all areas.

And everyone (at least on this website) thinks of themselves as truly outstanding vs. mediocre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that a true liberal arts education will be even more important to teach students how to learn and be adaptable

This is similar to what I'm thinking but starting way earlier. Teach kids and self/adults how to focus, how to think deeply, how brain works to improve understanding and retention of info. I recently bought a little of everything by Tony Buzan and Cal Newport to learn more on this.