Alternatively: Will anything that can be done on a computer be taken over by AI?
Is there any point in pursuing a career in IT?
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AI is such a vague term. When people refer to it, they think it's this living, breathing thing that makes its own decisions regardless of software. In truth, there has recently been a push for more automation in software marketed as "AI," but that's all it is. Automation has always been a part of processes, and it has its limits. Requirements for results may change, but even fully automated things must be serviced, created, and evolved. Jobs don't disappear, they change as automation improves. There are many fully automated things we use every day. We don't often think about it, but something automated now was someone's craft before.
Thankfully, many people still prefer handcrafted things. We shouldn't expect that to change because it has a new name.
It's good that you're optimistic; but I fear that once the technology is sufficient it will create competition for trained professionals, possibly lowering job prospects. Even if AI (or whatever you want to call it) can't produce the same nuance in quality as a human, the general public will eventually accept it with exposure, especially if they can produce themselves what would otherwise take years of experience to produce legitimately.
@Surn, I completely understand the concern, as it's legitimate! It absolutely will and already has created competition. It has also created jobs in a new field with much room for growth. Don't worry too much, though! IT has seen a significant rise as many companies seek individuals to help them get up to speed with new automated workflows and programs. Pursuing a career in IT is pretty safe since it acts as an overseer to software and licenses in most companies.
Although this was before the AI breakthrough: I gave up being an IT technician because it was not keeping pace with the cost of living (I was making $13 /hr as Nerd Herder) and I was often let go because I either got dissatisfied of being treated like trash by the public or laid off. Part of the reasons for these layoffs were because of overseas contractors willing to work cheaper.
Now that AI is here: Why bother? Even people in higher levels in the IT industry such as programmers are getting fucked over by the AI. If you ever heard of StackOverflow, thier community is now up in arms over the use of AI providing answers instead of them.
I now work in manual labor for Amazon as it pays better and I get a good workout, and do art in my time off. I have no idea what to do now for the rest of my life as the thing I was hyper focused on is now pointless... much like life is.
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It can and I'm willing to believe it will, given time. But, please remember that just because A.I. can do something like a human can, that in no way makes human life and the activities we partake in, and the works of art we make any less beautiful and meaningful.