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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, because AI is overrated and overhyped right now. It's not going to the panacea that these tech bros are pushing. But, I wouldn't study computer science because it's "guaranteed" a well-paying job. [/quote]

It is not overhyped, sorry, it’s just not. I work around tech and AI and it is replacing people left and right across all areas - layoffs in tech of course, HR, finance, creative, editing, legal, etc. Yes, you still need a human hand in things, but many fewer than ten years ago. [/quote]

That’s been true for a long time though.  When I started at my law firm 20 years ago, we had about 12 assistants.  Now we have 3.  20 years ago, banks still had multiple tellers at each branch.  Now you’re lucky if there’s one.  There were more doctors per person and teachers per person as well.  Teachers are dealing with bigger classrooms through technology — letting kids research online or watch a YouTube video about a topic while they grade papers, or using automatic grading for multiple choice or single answer assignments.  To date, the lost jobs have been replaced with new things that didn’t exist previously …. I guess what everyone’s worried about is that the replacement won’t continue.  I just don’t know.[/quote]

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