White collar jobs are all about to become obsolete. What are you doing to prepare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are there three threads about AI? Someone is having a panic attack.

Because we can talk about what we want to talk about. Are you a prophet? You know is someone is sitting at home with a medical emergency or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good link on how/why/when or evidence that white collar jobs are going away?

Yes I could google it, but since many here are totally convinced it's happening, I want to see what you're reading.

You comes off kind of passive aggressive. When you say with “Yeah, I could just Google it,” you admit you do not really need help, so it feels like you are testing us rather than really asking. Saying “since many here are totally convinced” hints that you think we are gullible, and “totally” ramps up your sarcasm. “I want to see what you’re reading” flips the burden on us prove a point. You are scoffing while pretending to be polite.

So, go to google and do a search.

You just sound really awkward and weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there three threads about AI? Someone is having a panic attack.

Because we can talk about what we want to talk about. Are you a prophet? You know is someone is sitting at home with a medical emergency or not?

Weirdo alert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good link on how/why/when or evidence that white collar jobs are going away?

Yes I could google it, but since many here are totally convinced it's happening, I want to see what you're reading.

You comes off kind of passive aggressive. When you say with “Yeah, I could just Google it,” you admit you do not really need help, so it feels like you are testing us rather than really asking. Saying “since many here are totally convinced” hints that you think we are gullible, and “totally” ramps up your sarcasm. “I want to see what you’re reading” flips the burden on us prove a point. You are scoffing while pretending to be polite.

So, go to google and do a search.

You just sound really awkward and weird.

Anonymous internet person, you don’t have the authority or personal standing to define who I am, so the names you throw out won’t change my reputation or self-worth in the eyes of anyone else reading or make me question them myself. You may not be a real person, and if you are, you are just bunch of 000s and 1111s, a nothingness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many threads do we need on this topic.

There is literally nothing we can do about this (I guess aside from learning a trade, but if this does happen, wouldn’t the market be way over saturated?)

OP sounds crazy.

Of course there are things we can do. AI is being pushed to us, so we can push back as we choose. We can also strategize for current and future career planning. Yes, the Republicans passed a bill to tell us that those who implement AI can do what they want. You belive this and what us to just say "oh well". We will see about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good link on how/why/when or evidence that white collar jobs are going away?

Yes I could google it, but since many here are totally convinced it's happening, I want to see what you're reading.

You comes off kind of passive aggressive. When you say with “Yeah, I could just Google it,” you admit you do not really need help, so it feels like you are testing us rather than really asking. Saying “since many here are totally convinced” hints that you think we are gullible, and “totally” ramps up your sarcasm. “I want to see what you’re reading” flips the burden on us prove a point. You are scoffing while pretending to be polite.

So, go to google and do a search.

You just sound really awkward and weird.

Anonymous internet person, you don’t have the authority or personal standing to define who I am, so the names you throw out won’t change my reputation or self-worth in the eyes of anyone else reading or make me question them myself. You may not be a real person, and if you are, you are just bunch of 000s and 1111s, a nothingness.

NP. Recently there's been a rash of people calling other people's comments "bots" and "AI".

I really think people are starting to get a bit paranoid.

I think it's hard to prepare for the impact of AI right now. I'm working with people who are interested in using it at my job. So far, we aren't even 1% of the way towards implementing it for what we want to use it for.

I am saving a lot of money and if and when I lose my job, then I will assess the hiring market I face at that time and look for lower-paid jobs I can do.

I agree with PP's above that something's in the wind but it's not AI. It's the economic and policy uncertainty related to the Trump Administration's chaotic and uninformed policies. Companies are freezing hiring until there are more clear positive signals. Before the election, they were slowing hiring out of prudence in case of a pivot. Now they don't know what to do that will guarantee positive results.

This period reminds me of the time around the Persian Gulf War in 1991, 2001 when the tech stocks crashed, and 2008-2009. Things will improve cyclically again.

Sucks to be at mid-life for this, I agree. But it's never been easy to be Gen-X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is insane.

+so many of these threads. Some one has an agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many threads do we need on this topic.

There is literally nothing we can do about this (I guess aside from learning a trade, but if this does happen, wouldn’t the market be way over saturated?)

OP sounds crazy.

You sound crazy trying to control the amount of discussion going and not seeming to understand that these discussion are about what CAN be done when you ask what can be done.

It’s brainstorming, PP, don’t read it if you’re not interested, but don’t come on here calling names and trying to shut it down

I am convinced there are some people on this site who love misery and relish in the idea of us all being destitute on the streets. There are several threads on jobs that WON’T be replaced by AI and (I’m convinced) the same annoying, smarmy poster responds to decent suggestions with ‘BUT ACKSHUALLY…a robot will clean bed pans in the future…’

Is like the AI hysteria has replaced the COVID hysteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good link on how/why/when or evidence that white collar jobs are going away?

Yes I could google it, but since many here are totally convinced it's happening, I want to see what you're reading.

You comes off kind of passive aggressive. When you say with “Yeah, I could just Google it,” you admit you do not really need help, so it feels like you are testing us rather than really asking. Saying “since many here are totally convinced” hints that you think we are gullible, and “totally” ramps up your sarcasm. “I want to see what you’re reading” flips the burden on us prove a point. You are scoffing while pretending to be polite.

So, go to google and do a search.

I'm the PP who asked for the link. It's because I may not be seeing the most convincing arguments. I honestly do want to understand how and when AI will displace white collar work.

To prove it, let me offer this link on RPA from my google search. This describes what AI in white collar work looks like, but I've not seen a clear breakdown of how this will displace white collar work.

https://www.stadlerpartners.com/uipath-rpa-is-it-really-replacing-human-work-or-is-it-a-tool-that-empowers-people-to-do-more-valuable-work/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never had a white collar job. Learned to invest and there's no way to return from that. I don't even care if my kids go to college. They know money comes from money and then maybe work.
Trade would be more suitable for the older one. Younger one has an investment account which should be millions by the time he is 30.
I'm moving abroad where property taxes are very low and healthcare is affordable. Will be come back to DC/FL few months a year.
My own money should continue to grow faster than I can spend. I don't need the SS payments, but will take them at 62. I can do better job investing the money than government's return for waiting.

This ‘investment expert’ poster pops up on every thread. If you have been able to accumulate ‘millions’ in an investment fund for a child, without a white collar job, what, pray tell, are you doing?

My favorite is that the details get more and more outlandish each time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good link on how/why/when or evidence that white collar jobs are going away?

Yes I could google it, but since many here are totally convinced it's happening, I want to see what you're reading.

You comes off kind of passive aggressive. When you say with “Yeah, I could just Google it,” you admit you do not really need help, so it feels like you are testing us rather than really asking. Saying “since many here are totally convinced” hints that you think we are gullible, and “totally” ramps up your sarcasm. “I want to see what you’re reading” flips the burden on us prove a point. You are scoffing while pretending to be polite.

So, go to google and do a search.

Not PP but, yeah, if you’re going to start a thread like this you should be able to defend it.

[Anonymous]

Here's a WaPo gift link about how AI might help the Pittsburgh area.

This isn't the best for the environment (due to fracking) but it could create all kinds of jobs in Western PA.

"I have seen the future of AI. It’s in Western Pennsylvania."
https://wapo.st/3YYBfZx

"Doven’s key insight: Whereas Silicon Valley could once grow an industry by rearranging ones and zeros alone, the burgeoning AI era required more than smart coders and a business plan.

“Unlike past tech waves, today’s AI revolution demands physical resources: resilient energy supplies, scalable infrastructure, deep pools of technical talent, and the ability to build and deploy at industrial scale,” she says. “And that is where Pittsburgh stands apart.”"

[Anonymous]

Soylent Green is people!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Soylent Green is people!!!!

+1. This is a good idea. Let's turn non-productive people into food.

[Anonymous]

I’m using AI to train my kids on how to defeat AI. Checkmate, you dumb robots.