Whats your impression of how AI will impact the job market?

[milestogo]

My sense is that it will destroy more jobs than it creates, at the worst possible time.

[Silent Type]

1. I get the concern. However, I remember many feeling the same about computers in the 1960/1970s.

Computers sure didn't destroy jobs.

[anciano]

5. Agreed.....

humans often view technological change with suspicion and resistance due to fear and uncertainty.

[Scrivener7]

2. It will make people stupid, it will eliminate problem solving and critical thinking.

It will reduce the number of jobs in all sectors and it will give the creepy tech bros dizzying power over everyone.

It will not make life better.

[C_U_L8R]

3. I think we'll find AI's limitations pretty quickly

There are many menial or low value things AI can do sorta well, but there are many more things that only people can do. I also think people will tire pretty quickly of AI generated customer service, no matter how empathetic it is. And AI art (across all media) is already wearing out its welcome. People are pretty good at sniffing out phonies.

[Scrivener7]

4. And yet, it is being used right now to "downsize" many sectors of our government.

[CrispyQ]

6. DU thread this morning: Starbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143450456

Story from The Guardian.

It infuriates me that it's called AI

[haele]

7. Poorly.

And many AI early adopters have already relegated the AI portion of their customer service to the back end and begun to re-hire skilled customer service folks.
There's a growing gig-work from home employment movement amongst smaller tier companies who find it's cheaper to hire good customer technical service than lose customers.

[FrankTC]

8. Mixed Impact

About 20 years ago I thought that automation would destroy blue collar opportunities, taking on all sorts of jobs (in manufacturing, for example. or soon, trucking) that employ mostly high-school graduates. I thought white collar workers would be spared. I was wrong. AI is now coming for white collar jobs, and the college educated will experience the same abrupt disruptions that are trimming the blue-collar middle class. But I don't know how extensive the destruction will be. I'm in a medical field, and my experience with AI so far is that it can be employed to make professionals more efficient and productive. Symbol-laden tasks can be automated, allowing more patients to flow through -- so, eventually, shorter wait times for appointments, more comprehensive services, possibly smoother interfacing with multiple providers. Further into the future, however, AIs may begin taking responsibilities away from people, and I'm not sure where that will leave us. It seems like any job function that can be described in words will eventually be absorbed by an AI. Glad I'm nearing retirement, hopefully will be able to get out before Krasnov completely destroys my savings.

[uponit7771]

9. 100% crypto level hype, rich will use it as excuse to fire people. There's benefits but overstated right now

[comradebillyboy]

10. To err is human; to really fuck up you need AI.

AI isn't quite ready for prime time.