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Excellent question and surely you have a point. The thing I’m looking for: is there a way I can use my profession for something good? I’m already helping out o
by doubtfuluser 4y ago
Excellent question and surely you have a point.
The thing I’m looking for: is there a way I can use my profession for something good?
I’m already helping out on weekends in the local equivalent of “soup kitchen”. But I’m rethinking life and what I spend my work on.
- brudgers 4y agoSince most human activity doesn’t solve the deep problems of abject poverty, a good working hypothesis it that AI doesn’t either. Even if it does, there is no shortage of people who would like to direct large amounts of resources from a desk chair and feel like they were do-gooders for it. Andreesen didn’t write “software is feeding the world.” Quite the opposite in fact. And he was in a position to shape some of the world. I’ve met developers with do-good dream jobs. They are small scale and opened up because the developer paid their dues over many years. The simplest way to change what you work on is to change the kind of work you do. E.g. go to nursing school and the possibilities are endless. But you’ll have to change what “being professional“ looks like. Or quit your job and start the organization that does what you think needs doing.