I agree that the smart companies are doing this. The smart ones are indeed keeping payroll $'s steady and leveraging the increased productivity with AI-fluent employees to leap ahead of their competitors.
However, not all companies are that smart. As an example, I work for a large software company (a few billion in annual revenue) with a large engineering staff and products that exist in a very competitive market.
AI has absolutely accelerated development. However, the idiots that run my company have looked at the 30% increase in code output to lay off around 30% of the engineering/development staff.
And there are jobs that aren't augmented by AI, they're simply replaced by AI.
This is a much more nuanced conversation than you're making it out to be.
As another commenter noted in this thread, new opportunities will inevitably be created moving forward. However, AI is going to be a serious problem for a large minority of U.S. workers. There's just no getting around that.
That being said, I would encourage people to take your advice on making friends with AI. Those who become proficient with it will keep their jobs far longer.
You’re right, I’m probably oversimplifying things and neglecting the nuance. I think I was just triggered by an article touting Nobel laureate as having a clue other than globalist bullshit.
Your last sentence is what I want for people. That is what I’m trying to do for people. Yes, I agree, some will be displaced, and yes other opportunities will also surface, but in almost all cases, it will involve AI to some extent. Businesses should also start investing in hardware to run local models and use mitigate some of the recurring AI costs This is a transition for our workforce and it’s happening faster than any transition in history. The big ones were electricity, the internet and now this one.
Whatever we do, there is no putting the genie back in the bottle, restricting AI is a recipe for disaster. So we have to find a way to move forward with AI.
I agree that the smart companies are doing this. The smart ones are indeed keeping payroll $'s steady and leveraging the increased productivity with AI-fluent employees to leap ahead of their competitors.
However, not all companies are that smart. As an example, I work for a large software company (a few billion in annual revenue) with a large engineering staff and products that exist in a very competitive market.
AI has absolutely accelerated development. However, the idiots that run my company have looked at the 30% increase in code output to lay off around 30% of the engineering/development staff.
And there are jobs that aren't augmented by AI, they're simply replaced by AI.
This is a much more nuanced conversation than you're making it out to be.
As another commenter noted in this thread, new opportunities will inevitably be created moving forward. However, AI is going to be a serious problem for a large minority of U.S. workers. There's just no getting around that.
That being said, I would encourage people to take your advice on making friends with AI. Those who become proficient with it will keep their jobs far longer.
You’re right, I’m probably oversimplifying things and neglecting the nuance. I think I was just triggered by an article touting Nobel laureate as having a clue other than globalist bullshit.
Your last sentence is what I want for people. That is what I’m trying to do for people. Yes, I agree, some will be displaced, and yes other opportunities will also surface, but in almost all cases, it will involve AI to some extent. Businesses should also start investing in hardware to run local models and use mitigate some of the recurring AI costs This is a transition for our workforce and it’s happening faster than any transition in history. The big ones were electricity, the internet and now this one.
Whatever we do, there is no putting the genie back in the bottle, restricting AI is a recipe for disaster. So we have to find a way to move forward with AI.