discussion Are you worried your job is going to be taken by AI? Do you think your job can be taken by AI?

[watsonjohn]

AI concerns are on the rise. I've always expected this to happen even 10 years ago. And yet during that time in interviews, polls or just random conversations, people were never worried about AI taking their jobs. I felt a little smug whenever they said it would be impossible: "just you wait".

 

[undrcvrsquirrel]

Ai will replace and disrupt a lot of the workforce. Add in robotics and Ai together and manufacturing, repetitive jobs will be gone within the next 5 to 10 yrs.

 

[Bernardo80]

In my job they are making a big push with AI as a time saver, but you know the end game is less staff.

 

[grimsbysteve]

In most knowledge industries it'll start with the entry level jobs, those of us who've got over that junior role, and moved up will be safe a bit longer, but all the while the quality is juuuust good enough to do, and/or it's cheaper to run than a meatsack with experience, then yes, AI can come for any knowledge based job.

Those in manual industries aren't totally safe either, with the likes of Boston Dynamics working on some pretty capable humanoid robots, it won't be long before someone goes full Skynet and plugs an AI into one of those "to see if we can't help construction workers" or similar.

In my job they are making a big push with AI as a time saver, but you know the end game is less staff.

But what they never do is look at the global picture. Fewer staff in every business means fewer customers for all businesses, which means falling profits, and in the end we leave Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos' AI's buying and selling things between themselves while the rest of us either die out or leave them to it and set up a new civilisation without them.

 

[Bernardo80]

But what they never do is look at the global picture. Fewer staff in every business means fewer customers for all businesses, which means falling profits, and in the end we leave Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos' AI's buying and selling things between themselves while the rest of us either die out or leave them to it and set up a new civilisation without them.

Pointing out the obvious to an AI zealot that if the end game is that no one has a job then how will anyone be able to buy anything never gets old to me.

 

[Rads95]

I think AI is a good tool, but many jobs will be lost over time. But maybe new jobs will emerge, I want to be optimistic

 

[Bernardo80]

I think AI is a good tool, but many jobs will be lost over time. But maybe new jobs will emerge, I want to be optimistic

I'm not saying AI is not a good tool but I work for somewhere that always says it needs to save money and now is pushing a new tool to make my life easier. It would be naive not to raise eyebrows at their sudden concern for my workload

 

[trc450]

Pointing out the obvious to an AI zealot that if the end game is that no one has a job then how will anyone be able to buy anything never gets old to me.

You can always tax more any saving made by trading AI / robotics for personel and odds are new skills, needs and expertise emerge.

Dystopia like no jobs due is probably out of reach of our imagination anyway, it could be anything from static wellfare , everything 'free' or simply loss in value of human life.

 

[User_111574]

No, I'm not. I work on the construction of subway lines, a process that depends too much on the human factor. For example, there are problems with the tunneling shield. It is necessary to quickly carry out diagnostics, identify the cause of the problem and find ways to solve it. Have you seen a tunnel boring machine? It is a big thing with a diameter of 9 meters, it gnaws through the ground at a rate of 50 cm to two meters per day, depending on the nature of the ground and its water saturation. Automation of these units is at a minimum - people decide everything. We will have driverless trains in the subway in 2027-28, as well as unmanned streetcars (prototypes are already in operation), and buses a little later. Bus drivers and cab drivers should really think about this.

 

[watsonjohn]

No, I'm not. I work on the construction of subway lines, a process that depends too much on the human factor. For example, there are problems with the tunneling shield. It is necessary to quickly carry out diagnostics, identify the cause of the problem and find ways to solve it. Have you seen a tunnel boring machine? It is a big thing with a diameter of 9 meters, it gnaws through the ground at a rate of 50 cm to two meters per day, depending on the nature of the ground and its water saturation. Automation of these units is at a minimum - people decide everything. We will have driverless trains in the subway in 2027-28, as well as unmanned streetcars (prototypes are already in operation), and buses a little later. Bus drivers and cab drivers should really think about this.

You really don't think AI doesn't have the capability of what you are doing? The things you pointed that require human factor, the AI could learn analysis better than humans and be faster at executing solutions. There is also no concern for human error.

 

[Reader]

I feel with architecture I don't think so due to how unique designs are, for sure they'll try to push cookie cutter type houses but with varying elevations of land it won't be. But as a tool to make calculations simpler for sure it'll be there

 

[Berzz]

I work for an ISP , it's already happening, being replaced by AI and cheap undertrained labour from other countries

 

[famkam1111]

I hate my job and and if I get fired because of AI for something else I'll be at home 24/7 enjoying life and receiving money from the government for like a year.

So yeah unironically I pray every day to get fired.

 

[Dummy256]

Since I'm an electrician, no. My job is safe at least for a while. We're still long way from fully functional androids.

 

[User_111574]

You really don't think AI doesn't have the capability of what you are doing? The things you pointed that require human factor, the AI could learn analysis better than humans and be faster at executing solutions. There is also no concern for human error.

I would be very interested to see how AI will take a big sledgehammer and start knocking out a big boulder, which has been here since the last ice age and which is stuck in the moving part of the tunneling complex? Do you have an algorithm of actions? Are you an engineer or a clerk? If you're a clerk, no questions.

 

[AlBetGam]

On the one hand, yes, an AI could definitely replace a large part of what I do.

On the other hand a much less advanced program could have done the same ten years ago (and I'm pretty sure at other companies it does). So... I'm simultaneously safe and in grave danger.

On the third hand I've spent basically the last five years expecting to get laid off any day now (not because I'm bad at my job but because my company goes through layoffs like crazy) and if it finally happens I'll shrug and move on to better things.

 

[rocketsheep]

Personally I am sure I have nothing to fear before retirement (which is not imminent), but in the long run we will need to get to the point where you can get paid for playing minesweeper, solitaire, or proper games, or for doing sports.

 

[plainjane]

There is a lot AI can do so I guess a lot of us should be at least paying attention. But there will always be a need for humans too

 

[dickness all around]

if you work at a food place then sure, infact I would argue as someone who pays for fast food I rather have a robot. flippy doesn't make mistakes with my orders and he doesn't change the way he makes my food and doesn't spit or is ever sick.

 

[dedekay456]

Nope, quite the opposite actually. Workload is way too much and will hopefully be reduced considerably by introducing more digitalization and then in a further step automization via ai. So I assume I will move more towards decision making and researching further optimization strategies of workflow. And it doesn't seem like this would prevent people from getting jobs they are looking for either since we have been searching for half a year now finding somebody capable of replacing my ex-coworker. No such luck.
Also, since I have been working a few decades, I have been able to put money to the side and investing it. So I believe I should still be financially independent even in the case of being layed of.
But I can understand concerns of especially young folks that are starting their career in areas that might be completely disrupted by ai in the next decade.