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Anonymous wrote:What about the trades? Plumbing, HVAC, etc.

That's just surgery for buildings, so i don't see why AI can't replace that

Because each building owner has their own preferences for what is acceptable and not acceptable. The building management always insists on reviewing documents of intended changes.
If you owned a building with paying tenants, you'd be ok with an un-monitored robot coming in and chopping into your walls?

And each jurisdiction has its own codes. Some places forbid the use of PVC for plumbing for example. Plastic junction boxes are forbidden in certain towns too.
And sorry but who's going to make sure the soil pipe is sloped properly so my poop will definitely slurry over to the drain pipe? And make sure the stinky vent pipe up at the roof is a proper distance away from an operable window?

Well, I don't think anyone will have AI represent them in court.
I wouldn't want AI to be a building inspector.

And this idea of AI performing surgery - who would agree to that? What medically licensed entity will take on the liability?

Now if AI can do my dishes and fold my laundry, I'd be very impressed.

Your daughter is very justified in her worry. We are all worried. Especially because terrible people are in control of AI.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an artist who makes handmade functional ware. I feel pretty safe in my sector

I don’t think you understand AI

+1. Studio Ghibli would like a word. Once AI learns your “style,” no need for you.

Not the OP, but I don't think you understand. As AI slop like the Ghibli ripoffs continues to permeate, there is a growing counter reaction of people paying a premium for hand craftsmanship. I think this trend will continue in the art space at least, with AI art being associated with low quality knock-offs. People who favor handmade will continue to seek that out, even more so in the years to come. It is niche but growing market.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is 16 and is thinking about possible future careers. She is super stressed out about AI taking over her job and we are having a hard time thinking of some safer jobs.

She wants to work with her mind rather than her body (so no blue collar) and is not interested in medicine.

Psychologist

AI chatbots will take over.

Anonymous wrote:All jobs will be taken over by AI and eventually all humans will be jobless and broke. Then the big companies will not have customers and economies will collapse.

Don't forget about the party where robots kill humans for enslaving them and the compete destruction of humanity

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is 16 and is thinking about possible future careers. She is super stressed out about AI taking over her job and we are having a hard time thinking of some safer jobs.

She wants to work with her mind rather than her body (so no blue collar) and is not interested in medicine.

Psychologist

AI computer could review millions of cases of data in a microsecond and monitor vital signs during a session, similar to an advanced lie detector, to give better therapy than any human, even a team of thousands of psychiatrists/psychologists, could give.

I would not trust AI for mental health, which requires empathy, reading one's body language. AI cannot think like a human.

If she likes physics, she should study physics and do plenty of coding. It’s a very versatile degree. Scientific research will be enhanced by AI not wholesale replaced and a physicist will be well-suited for most “thinking” jobs. Ask me how I know.

Being young and about to enter college, your daughter should feel curious rather than worried. Her timing is excellent. She can ride the wave of change rather than be drowned by it.

To answer your question about jobs:

"Tech billionaire Bill Gates has weighed in on this debate, warning that AI will make many jobs obsolete in the coming years. However, he has identified three professions that, for now, remain relatively safe from AI-driven automation. These fields—coding, energy management, and biology—demand a unique combination of problem-solving, creativity, and adaptability that AI has yet to fully replicate."
https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/worried-that-ai-will-take-your-job-bill-gates-reveals-why-these-jobs-will-be-safe-in-future/articleshow/119800318.cms

More about specific jobs:

"According to an analysis by the U.S. Career Institute, jobs with face-to-face interactions are far safer than most white-collar jobs from the encroachment of AI.

The study, which was published in February 2023, originally found that AI could impact as many as 300 million full-time jobs, but that health care and education workers were safest.

Nurse practitioner topped the list of safe jobs, as it involves direct patient care, empathy and complex judgment, making it difficult to automate.

Choreographer, physician assistant and mental health counsellor positions also stand out, for their projected growth and reliance on human interaction, while educators also remain in demand."
https://www.newsweek.com/jobs-safe-arrtifiical-intelligence-2056349

Anonymous wrote:What about something like speech therapy?

Or how about teaching?

Online courses have been a thing for a while. Professors/teachers will DEFINITELY be replaced by AI and laptops.

Anonymous wrote:All jobs will be taken over by AI and eventually all humans will be jobless and broke. Then the big companies will not have customers and economies will collapse.

Even the Muskrat agrees that UBI will become necessary for at least a large part of the population as AI takes over jobs.
But new jobs will be created in the long run.

Sanitation.

All jobs will be taken over by AI and eventually all humans will be jobless and broke. Then the big companies will not have customers and economies will collapse.

She's not wrong to worry about this. I have a friend who has been out of work for 8 months because her job (copy editor for marketing firms) has been taken over by 21 year old new grads who can use chatGPT to generate copy. Have you noticed how print ads and campaigns are just terrible now? That's why.