The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment
Posted by: r23
16th Jun 2024 04:19pm
Will AI create more jobs than it eliminates? How should society prepare for widespread automation? What roles will humans retain?
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Will AI create more jobs than it eliminates?
Without a crystal ball, it’s hard to say. My gut says ‘no’.
Taxi’s and rideshare, trucks, buses, trains – self driving vehicles
Airplanes – AI and only one pilot
Flight attendants - robotics
Home delivery – drones
Education – robotics
Bricklaying – robotics (there’s already a machine that does this with one human assisting)
The Olympics will be androids v human
Have you seen, Westworld, I Robot, Real Steel, Her? Those movies represent our imaginings of an AI future.
How should society prepare for widespread automation?
My first thought was, with all that automation, no salaries, sick leave, rec leave; things should get cheaper BUT technology costs $$$ and there is maintenance. So, any cost benefit may be negated. So how to prepare? Start amassing a lot of money, I suspect buying a robot will be like buying a car.
What roles will humans retain?
Anywhere where compassion and understanding are needed.
Also, AI can’t dream, it can’t create something from its non-existent imagination. It took humankind to create AI.
I suspect there be a small team of people working in rotating shifts with a finger resting on a kill switch, just in case things start going sideways. LOL