Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 09:30     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.


OP’s kid’s mind is too good for those.

OP said her kid didn’t want to do physical labor or medicine. Hard to conclude the issue is “feeling too good for that type of work” vs “not interested.”
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 09:30     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are laparoscopic surgery robots already. But run by people. For cheaper and with a ton of liability waivers signed, hospitals could use robots without surgeons hands and AI after it has trained itself on many bodies to perform certain routine surgeries.


Putting aside the fact this will absolutely be used to provide subpar care to poor and middle class people, while the rich continue to get human surgeons ... what you describe is not replacing surgeons. It is using robots to do some surgical tasks. If we're talking about career paths, your scenario does not make "surgeon" a bad path.


I mean we're already providing subpar care to poor and middle class people.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 09:30     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.


Seriously - there are a billion jobs that can't be replaced by AI. During the pandemic we found out exactly who - it's not a difficult thought exercise. AI can't build a house, teach a child, rock a baby, plumb a house, pump septic, dig a well, staff a grocery store, cut hair, clean a hospital, nurse at the bedside, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 09:29     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are laparoscopic surgery robots already. But run by people. For cheaper and with a ton of liability waivers signed, hospitals could use robots without surgeons hands and AI after it has trained itself on many bodies to perform certain routine surgeries.


Putting aside the fact this will absolutely be used to provide subpar care to poor and middle class people, while the rich continue to get human surgeons ... what you describe is not replacing surgeons. It is using robots to do some surgical tasks. If we're talking about career paths, your scenario does not make "surgeon" a bad path.

Assuming the robot is properly trained, I really can’t imagine how a human surgeon would be better.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 09:26     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.


OP’s kid’s mind is too good for those.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 09:16     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 08:12     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:There are laparoscopic surgery robots already. But run by people. For cheaper and with a ton of liability waivers signed, hospitals could use robots without surgeons hands and AI after it has trained itself on many bodies to perform certain routine surgeries.


Yep, I had a robotic hysterectomy done a few years ago. Very quick healing process after the surgery.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 08:06     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Robot have mastered many human motor skills.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 06:59     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Moravec’s Paradox. The least AI-replaceable jobs are the ones that rely on human motor skills or human social/emotional skills. Your quiet nerdy “individual contributor” kid is going to have trouble. (Assuming any of this pans out.)
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 06:53     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are laparoscopic surgery robots already. But run by people. For cheaper and with a ton of liability waivers signed, hospitals could use robots without surgeons hands and AI after it has trained itself on many bodies to perform certain routine surgeries.


Putting aside the fact this will absolutely be used to provide subpar care to poor and middle class people, while the rich continue to get human surgeons ... what you describe is not replacing surgeons. It is using robots to do some surgical tasks. If we're talking about career paths, your scenario does not make "surgeon" a bad path.


You don’t sound very bright. This will mean there are fewer surgeons required overall, and the bottom tier surgeons will be robot operators which means much lower salaries.

I also don’t think it will necessarily mean subpar care. It can reduce human error and lower months-long waiting periods.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 00:40     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:I don't have a specific answer, but I'd say jobs that involve relationships and emotional intelligence.


Hair stylists
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2025 22:28     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Surgeon.


Surgeons will absolutely be replaced by AI.

LOL.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2025 22:21     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Surgeon.


Surgeons will absolutely be replaced by AI.


I don't quite understand how this will happen. Explain?


NP, my son had a robotic surgery done to put a stent in his urinary system. It took like 3 months to schedule time on the robot (while he was in pain). But tiny incision and very minimal recovery. It was 6ish years ago, and even then was surgeon assisting the robot, not the other way around. And was done fast, for all the time we spent waiting to have it done. This is going to become more and more normal. One surgeon babysitting a robot doing 100 minimally invasive surgeries a day.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2025 21:45     Subject: Re:Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:I think the best way to deal with this fear is for her to learn more about AI. Despite all the big talk, it will not be able to replace most jobs. It is basically a big search engine: it cannot "think."

It will be a tool that people will have to learn to use, and in some industries it may replace some of the tasks that are currently used as training or paying your dues (like assembling big data sets) which will force those industries to change. But the result will be more of a "use AI to suggest the best shape of bridge for this space" scenario, not a "there are no more bridge engineers, only AI" scenario.


It may make performing jobs faster such that fewer people are needed.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2025 21:12     Subject: Jobs that AI won’t replace?
Anonymous wrote:There are laparoscopic surgery robots already. But run by people. For cheaper and with a ton of liability waivers signed, hospitals could use robots without surgeons hands and AI after it has trained itself on many bodies to perform certain routine surgeries.


Putting aside the fact this will absolutely be used to provide subpar care to poor and middle class people, while the rich continue to get human surgeons ... what you describe is not replacing surgeons. It is using robots to do some surgical tasks. If we're talking about career paths, your scenario does not make "surgeon" a bad path.