(Go stick your head in a pig!)
Come to think of it, “share and enjoy” is exactly the way I would expect an AI-generated YouTube video to end.
(Go stick your head in a pig!)
Come to think of it, “share and enjoy” is exactly the way I would expect an AI-generated YouTube video to end.
AI is quickly becoming an integral part of basically every career imaginable. Those that actually take the time to learn how to use it properly are going to inevitably be in a far better position than those too scared to figure it out. The real challenge is finding the balance between using AI as the tool that it is and just getting an easy answer (which, considering all the downvotes I’m getting, is probably the part yall are justifiably concerned with). We need to teach the world (ourselves) how to use AI, not avoid it, and run away like we keep doing. This cat is out of the bag and ain’t never going back.
I am reminded of an argument i had years ago about people relying on google to do their jobs.
I argued that using google to give you the answer to a problem doesn’t help you in the long run. Instead of understanding the solution and being able to use that understanding to solve problems in the future, you just become dependent on google to get you through the day.
It is much more important to learn why a solution fixes a problem and the steps you take to understand the elements of the solution. It opens more doors, and you learn how to use your brain.
Both thinking and googling will get people far, but if google ever went away, only the thinkers would survive.
This is happening again but this time its AI.
The funny thing is, the people who made google search, and the people who created AI, are likely the thinkers.
AI is quickly replacing a lot of careers.
And it will continue to do so.
I’m amazed that you think otherwise when it’s happening right now.
Also, “taking the time to learn to use it” takes all of what, a couple of days of reading at most if you want it to do something really unusual? We’re not talking about advanced coding here.
AI is not replacing much of anything, not yet anyway. It is evolving and forcing the world to evolve with it. While AI is used to write notes, summarize content, generate content, integrate data, organize life, etc., all of that still requires input of some kind from someone. Careers are going to be all about performing that input and interpreting the result. People will not be replaced (except the ones that refuse to keep up), they will just fill a different role.
You clearly understand nothing about AI if this all you think it is. Sure, anyone can type a prompt and get a garbage result in about 30 seconds, but there is a hell of a lot more to it if you want to actually solve a real problem using AI. Learning advanced coding isn’t actually a bad idea for the future.
Maybe you can understand a different perspective if you stop thinking of AI as gimmicky solution and start thinking of it as what really is, a powerful set of tools meant to make finding the solution easier, nothing more.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/media/axel-springer-ai-job-cuts/index.html
https://www.wypr.org/2024-05-30/wall-street-journal-layoffs-continue-despite-lucrative-ai-deal-and-record-profits
https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/biggest-tech-layoffs-in-2024-2025-focus-on-ai/
Edit: Here’s one more for kicks- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/buzzfeed-ai-creators-news-shut-down-1235483607/
First, we are discussing careers, not individuals. No shit people are losing jobs, but guess what, that is exactly what happens when careers evolve or new ones are created. Every. Single. Time.
Think about when precision machining was invented, when printing presses where invented, when cars where invented, when computers where invented, when the fucking internet was invented, etc. Yes, a fuck-ton of people were suddenly out of a job. But then suddenly there are also a whole bunch of brand new jobs and careers to fill. People either learn to adapt and fill those roles, or they don’t, and they get left behind. AI isn’t really any different except that it is happening right now and it’s therefore hard to see what’s to come.
That’s just how the world works. It’s sad and frustrating, I know, but being scared and hiding your head in the sand doesn’t change that fact. Learning how to live and thrive with the new stuff does, though, so maybe let’s try that instead.
Second, and this isn’t to discount everything you linked, but you understand that there is a huge bias going on here, right? People are understandably scared about the future, and the media latches onto that fear and creates articles that feed the narrative beast. But often times, the articles completely neglect to talk about the other side of the coin, which is what we are discussing here.
Okay, well maybe you see things like the death of journalism and the death of criticism and the death of voice-over acting and the death of music composition to be good things, but I don’t know that you’re in the majority there.
And you may also see the massive ecological disaster that AI is becoming is a good thing too. I certainly do not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impacts_of_artificial_intelligence
What I’m trying to get you to understand is that this isn’t the death of anything, not really. Though it can certainly feel like it, especially right now. This is just the growing pains that goes along with literally every single major advancement in human history, and we always have this same exact unproductive argument. Yes, people get hurt along the way, but that is exactly why it is our collective responsibility to learn properly and mitigate as much of the damage as possible, being scared is never the way to do that. This isn’t the doom of society. It’s simply the dawn of a new version of society.
Continue being scared and wither into obscurity, or learn to adapt and thrive with what is inevitably going to be an integral part of our lives, career or not. The choice is really yours alone, but I want to see everyone succeed, including you and anyone else that reads this garbage.
Also, the ecological impact of AI is an entirely separate discussion, and I would appreciate it if you didn’t pretend to know my stance on the matter to support your arguments. If you want to have that discussion, we can, but not like this.
You mean sort of like it wasn’t the death of artisan textile production after the industrial revolution? Except it absolutely was and people literally starved while the rich got richer on the new machines. Sounds familiar.
OK, fine. Jobs are getting destroyed because AI is the greatest evil in the universe and the only solution is make memes about it scream thats it’s going to kill us all. The kids are all gonna be too dumb to think and AI is going to run everything. No one will be able to live normal, productive lives ever again. The world is ruined!
Or.
AI is bunch of tools that can be used to solve some really weird problems and/ or make life easier and less stressful overall. But also AI is really powerful and can very easily be used in the wrong way and be really dangerous so we as a species need to learn how to use it safely before a bunch of people get seriously hurt. The world is gonna have a few hiccups, but eventually people will figure shit out and move on because AI is never going away and will only ever become an increasingly important part of our lives.
Which of these scenarios actually makes sense? Look at history and think of Occam’s razor. Is AI actually evil, or is it just a thing we have created (and literally cant uncreate at this point) and now have to figure how to deal with? Is AI really worth being scared of (remember, its a permanent part of this world now), or is it better to learn how to coexist with AI and find ways to reduce the harm and destruction that it absolutely can cause.