There are many people worried today about the progress with AI for a variety of reasons. One of the most popular reasons is the fear that it will replace many jobs and it is suspected that it will replace a variety of occupations that we see today.
Some of the top jobs that are at risk of being replaced by AI are:
- computer programmers
- coders
- data analysts
- software engineers
- accountants
- content creation
- journalism
- technical writing
- advertising
- legal assistants
- paralegals
- teachers
- personal finance advisors
- traders
- graphic designers
- customer service agents
It is likely that there could ultimately be millions of jobs at risk according to some reports on the subject.
Various estimations place it between 25% of all jobs, to around 80% of the jobs in the US being at risk of being drastically impacted by AI.
Will millions of new jobs quickly come around to replace those occupations?
For years now a number of individuals have been worried about robots taking over our lives and increasingly we are seeing tech development drastically change our way of living, whether or not that's for good or bad depends on who you ask and what you are talking about in terms of progress.
Today there are many customers who would rather deal with a human than go through endless phone prompts and deal with AI chatbots etc. Will they really do a better job than humans?
We've seen them making mistakes in a variety of circumstances, there is no guarantee they will do the job perfectly that they seek to replace.
Will the progression in this space make it harder for people to find decent paying jobs? What will that mean if life continues to increase in the cost of living?
This isn't something specific to the U.S. either as there are many people around the world who are concerned about this potential and what the future might look like for jobs.
One survey found that only around 9% of Americans thought AI would do more good than harm and there appear to be many tech experts out there today who also question the seemingly blind rush in development in this space that we have been witnessing in recent years.
are any jobs safe from AI development?
Researchers have suspected that some jobs might be relatively safe from AI, these include jobs like:
- athletes
- sports competitors
- rail-track laying
- equipment operators
- mining
- bartender helpers
- tire repairers
- meat packers
- short order cooks
Pics:
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Sources:
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-jobs-at-risk-replacement-artificial-intelligence-ai-labor-trends-2023-02#customer-service-agents-10
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-chatgpt-occupations-industries-exposed-teacher-telemarketer/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/04/robots-artificial-intelligence-machines-us-survey
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/survey-66-percent-teens-concerned-140400005.html
As someone with a background in technical writing and design, I see the fears of AI taking over as overblown. Even if AI speeds up the process of writing a first draft, someone still needs to proofread, test, verify, and finalize any such document. Graphic design needs to serve a specific purpose, not just look flashy, so good graphic designers will be needed even if, again, AI becomes part of the design process. And anyone showing pictures of AI architecture as if it makes the architect obsolete simply does not understand architecture at all.
I just quit my job as a content creator today as my employer decided ChatGPT will do the writing and I was to just do things like inserting links and uploading the text. At a very reduced rate, needless to say. As you say, AI-generated texts do need some editing, but my employer didn't see it this way. I suspect many will see it the same way. At least, short term. At some point, they may start realizing such content does not speak to the reader and does little to convince people to buy whatever the text is promoting. I (like to) believe that real content written by real people will again become valuable. Or they may not.
For sites that exist to generate content for the sake of content as a vehicle to sell ads, I can see that becoming more prevalent. Real creative or technical writing and journalism will still need a human for the foreseeable future, and businesses jumping on the AI bandwagon will probably eventually realize bland nothingness doesn't really attract readership. I hope we see a wave of such early adopters of AI crashing and burning after a couple quarters.
It's sad that your employer thinks that, because as you say there's a heart in content creation that's very hard for a machine to replicate (not impossible, though, I've seen a lot of heart in AI images but it actually comes from the original the machine replicated.)
As of now, AI is
onlymostly useful to expand on what you already know. If you're looking for an easy way to generate articles using AI, you're doing it backward.Some website owners don't want readers, though. They only want people to view pages and click the ads.
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I find it interesting that a few of the jobs listed are sub-types of each other.
Both "programmers" and "coders" are redundant when they exist together here. You also have "software engineers" here which includes programming and data analysis as well as other things.
Anyway, it's interesting that there's a list of jobs that would be safe from AI in the foreseeable future. Athletes and Tire repairers will be there for a long time. !LOLZ !PIZZA !LUV
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