Self checkout machines, light bulbs and cars are all capable of one thing, which is each respective to their built purpose. AI is currently capable of a lot and

Self checkout machines, light bulbs and cars are all capable of one thing, which is each respective to their built purpose. AI is currently capable of a lot and with a seeming end goal of removing the human completely from the equation. We’re not talking about a small cabal of candle makers or carriage drivers having to learn new manufacturing processes or how to drive a car. We’re talking about upending humans working entirely. I fail to see any non-physical job a sufficiently trained AI won’t be able to do better than their human counterpart. At that point, it won’t be “what kinds of jobs can AI perform?” It’ll be “what use are humans in the workplace?” For at least a while, humans will have some usefulness in the trades, since producing functional robots who will come over and fix your plumbing or take down a wall is probably a ways off, but who knows how long it’ll take for AI to figure out ways to produce cheap and efficient robots?