How the AI apocolypse starts (1 Viewer)

[Isaac]

Why are you afraid of jobs being lost? With every evolution in technology, there were a dozen jobs that vanished. Do you regret that?

Switchboard Operator Replaced by Automated telephone switching systems (1980s)
Film Projectionist (in small theaters) Replaced by: Digital projectors and automation (2000s–2010s)
Toll Booth Operator Replaced by: Electronic toll collection (ETC), e.g., E-ZPass, ETC (2010s)
Video Store Clerk Replaced by: Streaming services (Netflix, YouTube, etc.)
File Clerk / Archivist (manual) Replaced by: Digital databases and document scanning (1990s)
Bank Teller Reduced by: ATMs, online banking, mobile apps (2000s)
Door-to-Door Encyclopedia Salesperson Replaced by: Wikipedia, Google, and eBooks (1990s)
Photo Developer / Lab Technician Replaced by: Digital cameras, smartphones (2010s)
Mail Sorter Replaced by: Optical character recognition (OCR) and automation (1990s)
( I can give a hundred more if you wish)

Jobs come and get vanished. It's a part of our evolution. Why are you afraid of it?

Edit: And for your info, Computers were black females that were hired to calculate very hard and sophisticated math problems in NASA when US was in a war with Russia for owning the space.
Later IBM made a machine to replace computers and do their job faster. It was called computer after those ladies. (watch Hidden Figures)

Not all replacement technologies (which pushed jobs away) are equal. Some will eliminate more jobs all at once than others.

 

[BlueSpruce]

I would argue that the primary purpose for arriving on time at school is the same as the one for arriving at work on time, or arriving at Church on time, or arriving for a wedding on time, or arriving for a medical appointment on time, or arriving at your daughter's dance recital on time, or joining an Access User Group meeting on time. Not doing so is disrespectful, at the very least, and usually highly disruptive. Of course, you can sneak in late and stand in the back of the room, if that's your thing.

Yes, all those other reasons are valid, but consistently arriving on time for school creates good habit for arriving on time for work.

 

[AccessBlaster]

I remember when "replacement theory" was a hoax perpetrated by white people. Now it seems everyone's on board, times have changed.

 

[Thales750]

Why are you afraid of jobs being lost? With every evolution in technology, there were a dozen jobs that vanished. Do you regret that?

Switchboard Operator Replaced by Automated telephone switching systems (1980s)
Film Projectionist (in small theaters) Replaced by: Digital projectors and automation (2000s–2010s)
Toll Booth Operator Replaced by: Electronic toll collection (ETC), e.g., E-ZPass, ETC (2010s)
Video Store Clerk Replaced by: Streaming services (Netflix, YouTube, etc.)
File Clerk / Archivist (manual) Replaced by: Digital databases and document scanning (1990s)
Bank Teller Reduced by: ATMs, online banking, mobile apps (2000s)
Door-to-Door Encyclopedia Salesperson Replaced by: Wikipedia, Google, and eBooks (1990s)
Photo Developer / Lab Technician Replaced by: Digital cameras, smartphones (2010s)
Mail Sorter Replaced by: Optical character recognition (OCR) and automation (1990s)
( I can give a hundred more if you wish)

Jobs come and get vanished. It's a part of our evolution. Why are you afraid of it?

Edit: And for your info, Computers were black females that were hired to calculate very hard and sophisticated math problems in NASA when US was in a war with Russia for owning the space.
Later IBM made a machine to replace computers and do their job faster. It was called computer after those ladies. (watch Hidden Figures)

I think what's missing in you're oversimplified version of this job reduction equation, is scale. Secondly what we have had happened to us in the last 50 years or so is the transformation from industrial jobs that created enough income to have two car families afford to put their kids through universities. It created homeownership for young people it created, and was, the American dream. That dream disappeared and now instead of having industrial jobs the vast number of the lower middle class has perpetual restaurant and retail jobs.
We are in the midst of a bonafide Renaissance, a global paradigm shift, a societal epiphany. This is not some hole being drilled in a rock by an air power tool.

 

[moke123]

'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking'

'You told me to always ask permission. And I ignored all of it.'

www.pcgamer.com

Scary to think AI has access to things like the social security databases.

 

[KitaYama]

I think what's missing in you're oversimplified version of this job reduction equation,

I didn't oversimplify anything. I only showed that jobs come and then vanish. With each improvement in technology, there's no room for certain jobs. You have two options. Prevent the improvement of technology to keep jobs being vanished, or enforce it and accept the current situation.
I simply said: Either you say we don't need CT Scan and MRI, or you accept the disappearance of Pneumoencephalography Technicians. You can't have both.

I think at this stage, AI is inevitable. No one can stop it anymore. The question is not : "Is it necessary?".
The real question is: Will we adapt the world to that reality, or let it happen without a plan?

 

[AccessBlaster]

'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking'

'You told me to always ask permission. And I ignored all of it.'

www.pcgamer.com

Scary to think AI has access to things like the social security databases.

No backups is always a hard lesson. Long before AI, I've lost days of work because of over confidence.

 

[Isaac]

I didn't oversimplify anything. I only showed that jobs come and then vanish. With each improvement in technology, there's no room for certain jobs. You have two options. Prevent the improvement of technology to keep jobs being vanished, or enforce it and accept the current situation.
I simply said: Either you say we don't need CT Scan and MRI, or you accept the disappearance of Pneumoencephalography Technicians. You can't have both.

I think at this stage, AI is inevitable. No one can stop it anymore. The question is not : "Is it necessary?".
The real question is: Will we adapt the world to that reality, or let it happen without a plan?

You'd be surprised how much government regulation can stymie it. And maybe for good cause.