AI putting everyone out of a job

[cojak]

Anyone blaming workers really are missing the target, business doesn’t give a toss about people, just profit. The answer is to upskill into AI, not all jobs will be at the big-brain pointy end, a lot will be in other areas, the skill will be finding what those areas are. You need to be quicker at it than the next person.

India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams

[woody1]

I had to call customer services at our bank yesterday and, as I was being passed from one Indian call centre department to another, it got me thinking it's probably only a matter of time before all of this is replaced by AI. As you say, it's all about the bottom line. Offshoring may save money but dispensing with humans altogether will save even more.

[DoctorStrangelove]

[woody1]

Yep, I was thinking that too.

[edison]

I think India's outsourcing industry is in for a big shock in the next 10-15 years.

Their education system is like a giant factory, geared up to cranking out hundreds of thousands of graduates a year. These grads are good at rote learning and memorisation but lack sufficient critical thinking and problem solving skills. More pertinently, given the huge IT talent pool, there's relatively little research and innovation that comes out of India.

As tech becomes ever more commoditised and AI/automation eliminates a lot of drudgery, I can see a point where India becomes much less cost effective, especially if you're looking for a partner that can bring some actual innovation.

[Eirikur]

I remember how everyone shouted in the 80s and 90s IT will put us all out of jobs. Now look how many jobs IT itself has created. AI will be the same.

[cojak]

I remember how everyone shouted in the 80s and 90s IT will put us all out of jobs. Now look how many jobs IT itself has created. AI will be the same.

Yep, they’ll be out there it’ll be the case of discovering what and where they are.

[Fraidycat]

I remember how everyone shouted in the 80s and 90s IT will put us all out of jobs. Now look how many jobs IT itself has created. AI will be the same.

A younger developer I work with was saying something like that, I told him he will remain employable while AI is less smart than him in doing his job, he will still have a job.

But once it is it equal or smarter than him then there is zero need for him. Absolutely none. Cant really argue against that.

The only thing you argue is when it is going to happen, i think that level of reliably smart AI is still 10 to 25 years away. At the moment it is not reliable enough.

[woody1]

Any job which is carried out from a stationary position (eg. sitting on your arse) is potentially at risk of being replaced by AI/automation. Obviously, many repetitive jobs (factory, automotive etc) have already gone.

Much harder to replace skilled workers, who are constantly mobile, like plumbers, sparks, chippies.

[tazdevil]

AI is erm artificial and although very good at regurgitating stuff already known is never going to replace genuine creativity. Certainly the days of clerical and call centre staff and even advice givers such as GP services are numbered but extending the knowledge pool will still be in the hands of capable people. However I suppose give enough monkeys enough time at the typewriter and they'll produce something of interest so it is possible that with enough processing AI will create something new but will anybody recognise it as such? The safest careers are the ones requiring physical labour and creativity.