Anonymous wrote:Even with the top 10% being responsible for most spending, sales will drop majorly if everyone is unemployed. How’s that going to work? What’s next post consumer economy?

“Techno Feudalism” book,
Technology companies who own the data and cloud capital Vs the people who pay rent to use their system.
Just like the time of feudalism, landlords who own the land and the peasants.

When the cotton gin came along, some people, particularly the fieldhands, worried that their livelihoods were being taken away. I read somewhere that when one of these agricultural products (tractor, or similar) was introduced to China in the 1800s, some Chinese rioted against it and destroyed it due to fear of their livelihoods being taken away (China was, and still is, heavily rural and peasant).

I'd like to think that AI can free us of time consuming tasks and allow us to focus on bigger challenges in our professions.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not clear on how AI will replace doctors, lawyer, engineers, electricians, plumbers.
These professions require a license to practice and the professional liability insurance rates are high. Plus, one can lose the license with shoddy, unethical work.
What client will want AI to represent them in high stakes negotiations?

In some of these fields there won't 100% replacement but will be able to be need a handful of the original staff needed. Lawyers would be an excellent example. ChatGPT is pretty good at medical advice, you should try it.

ChatGPT basically summarizes the data of various websites I visit. Which is to say, ChatGPT doesn't provide exclusivist info, but it is good at summarizing from an aggregate. So it's a good admin who distills the prioritizes from the chaff.
But AI can't issue prescriptions. My colonoscopy was performed by a real doctor, the scope was guided by a machine, somewhat of a robot device, but the interpretative data was synthesized by my doctor.

As for lawyers, Ai can aggregate legal data from across the internet, but AI can't represent you in court. And you can't go after AI for malpractice. And of all the dumbest most routine legal processes, AI is not doing real estate closings. And I'm not sure anyone would want AI to handle their real estate closing.

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Anonymous wrote:With the trillions of dollars companies will now make by eliminating humans and replacing them with AI, these companies should pay a universal income/salary to people who would otherwise have had entry level and managerial jobs that don’t exist anymore.

This is where we are. You can’t make a living anymore with a good paying stable job. It’s not available anymore. AI should be regulated. This is already not working out. Where are people supposed to go to get their foot in the door now and make a decent living when everything is being taken over by companies that make more money than they actually need?

And guess what, consumers aren’t going to be able to buy what they offer anyway since so many of us are already unemployed and underemployed.

If you aren’t encouraging your teens to consider the following types of professions, the economic fate of your children is on you.

Athletic Trainer
Carpenter
Chef
Child Care Worker
Dentist
Doctor
Electrician
EMT
Firefighter
HVAC
Human Resources
Lawyer
Mechanic
Mental Health Practitioner
Nurse
Occupational Therapist
Paramedic
Personal Trainer
Physical Therapist
Plumber
Police Officer
Public Relations
Sales
Social Worker
Speech Pathologist
Teachers
Veterinarian

“Teachers?” Why do you hate your kid?

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Anonymous wrote:AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

One problem though is that if there are no entry level CS jobs available, where will the senior CS people come from?

What are the specific jobs? People are so vague. Which job titles no longer exist and what were the duties?

15 years ago we had UAT testers, typically young ppl who studied information system but not a full time coder. These jobs went to India and never came back.

Anonymous wrote:Everyone needs to calm down. Social media and the spread of information to the masses is just making everyone crazy.

The next available dental cleaning is in Feb
My bikini waxer is booked solid for 2 weeks
Custom sofa takes six months to receive
Hotels are booked up
My hair stylist is booked solid through the holidays
Dermatologist booked solid

Not to mention I’m practically working from the minute I get up until I go to bed. There is so much room for improving our QOL and how we spend our time.

Totally agree. At least for now. Let's see what happens when the market crashes. or crypto. That's probably funding all of this?

If a job can be taken by AI, it isn’t efficient and that person’s efforts would be wasted. They should be repurposed elsewhere.

I'd like one specific example of a job someone actually had, like to job description, and how AI by itself is now doing that job.

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Anonymous wrote:AI is taking new jobs specially in CS. The adoption cycle of new technologies is first the new technology captures the new growth part and then continues in to the base stock.

AI is eliminating a lot of entry level and new jobs.

It similar to the transition from horses to gas power.

One problem though is that if there are no entry level CS jobs available, where will the senior CS people come from?

What are the specific jobs? People are so vague. Which job titles no longer exist and what were the duties?

Even with the top 10% being responsible for most spending, sales will drop majorly if everyone is unemployed. How’s that going to work? What’s next post consumer economy?

Anonymous wrote:There is no AI. It is offshoring mostly.

Actually Indians

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Anonymous wrote:Are you a doctor? How would you know it's good at medical advice? What happens when someone looks up the Rx to give medicine to a toddler and it hallucinates a quadruple dose?

Doctors/nurses routinely are responsible for around 600,000 to 750,000 deaths a year in the USA alone. Imagine the real number if they admit to that many.

Medical errors is the #1 cause of death in the USA.

It's good to always re-verify medical info by docs.

If that’s true then why would anyone even go to a doctor?
We’d surely be better off staying home with our illness or injury.

There is no AI. It is offshoring mostly.

Were the jobs taken by AI really stable to begin with? I don’t think so. People became overly comfortable in professions that involve repeatable tasks.

Anonymous wrote:The thing is al having trouble figuring out is - if if you fire all the employees and replace them with AI, then shouldn’t things be cheaper? Shouldn’t the hotel with the robot reservations and robot check in and robot cleaners be cheaper? Shouldn’t the doctors office where you check in on the app and you only see the nurse practitioner and you file all the paperwork yourself be cheaper?! Shouldn’t the moving company where I have to take pictures of all my stuff and upload it to the app to get an estimate be cheaper? Shouldn’t the grocery store where I check myself out and pack my own groceries be cheaper? Shouldn’t the car showroom where I do all the paperwork order the car and register the car and get the loan be cheaper? Why isn’t AI making anything cheaper?

Do you think robots would be free?? While you might get a price break due to robotic workers, the break would quickly level out and prices stabilize in just a few years.