Listened to a podcast that had Geoffrey Hinton on it - he's considered the "godfather of AI" and worked on this at Google for a decade. He quit because of the risks he saw with it. He mentioned concerns like LLMs developing their own language that humans won't understand and these LLMs will use it to communicate with each other and we won't know what they're doing. The host brought up why we don't develop a "kill switch" in case they get out of hand and he said they could know this switch exists and circumvent it.
AI - Shorter workweek? Consume jobs?
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Not me. I hereby welcome our new electronic overlords.
The only problem with that logic is so many jobs are unionized that you won't be able to make those decisions on productivity they will be solely made on seniority.
Whenever I hear someone say "we are going to get shorter workweek" it usually means we are getting unemployment or lower pay. The top 80% of the workforce will stay and the bottom 20% will get laid off usually.
Easy: the person who gave the authority to AI is at fault. Always.
It is why most companies would like to have 3-5 vendors to choose from when the cost is high to keep them honest. Once you go below 3 they started getting greedy and once they go above 5 they tend to not survive due to the lack of economy of scale.
Historically a problem with automationin a manufacturing plant is, machines, roots, etc. may be good at one thing but cannot be retrained beyond a point, if at all. AI robotics will change that, slowly, over time. The cost of an AI implementation will be prohibitive for smaller companies that do not have the money for such projects. There will be pain.
Usually management finds a scapegoat.
All the above. Traditionally layoffs have been used as a housecleaning. The AI affect will force a shift in corporate strategy.
In the work environment, whether office or factory, most of those who would approve an AI implementation have no idea of the hacks and workarounds used by line staff just to get the desired output.
People really are intelligent, software not so much.
People really are intelligent, software not so much.
Nope. You will work twice as hard, quadruple your output, and people will get laid off.
Which will drive down wages and salaries.
Which will drive down wages and salaries.
I’m waiting to see AI take over the job I retired from nine years ago. I wonder how it would fair fighting a fire. Could it enhance some aspects of the job such as making tactical decisions at a hazardous materials incident quicker? Or presenting instant information on air bag locations for a specific vin number of a vehicle that is about cut up to free a trapped victim? Sure. Most likely AI will enhance most jobs but is a long way from replacing the person who makes things happen.
I’m an IT generalist with an interest in cloud infrastructure and networking. I had not used AI in my job 1 year ago but now utilize it heavily.
It allows me to do complex tasks, write scripts, parse massive event logs, and do other onerous tasks in a small fraction of the time I used to use. I am way more productive.
What I have noticed is that there is always more work to do. I do more but there is always more to be done. Also, change is a constant. Everything I did in 2012 is obsolete. A lot of what I did a few years ago is obsolete. I have to be changing and learning on an ongoing basis to keep my skills relevant. I don’t know how AI will affect my career but I do know it is already a big deal and further change is coming.
It allows me to do complex tasks, write scripts, parse massive event logs, and do other onerous tasks in a small fraction of the time I used to use. I am way more productive.
What I have noticed is that there is always more work to do. I do more but there is always more to be done. Also, change is a constant. Everything I did in 2012 is obsolete. A lot of what I did a few years ago is obsolete. I have to be changing and learning on an ongoing basis to keep my skills relevant. I don’t know how AI will affect my career but I do know it is already a big deal and further change is coming.
History repeats itself. With the Industrial Revolution, machinery was introduced that greatly increased productivity, and therefore reduced the need for human labor in that industry. Look up, with Google: "Luddites".
It is going to suck up a whole lot more energy, You will get to subsidize Industrial power usage at a higher rate the biggest users get the cheapest power rates.
One thing for sure. Don’t drop out of school!
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