The thing I find very fascinating about the rise of generative AI is that it's one of the first tech advancements in a long time that puts more highly paid jobs

The thing I find very fascinating about the rise of generative AI is that it's one of the first tech advancements in a long time that puts more highly paid jobs at risk, while actually raising the value of more manual jobs that are harder to automate. This article from the Washington Post [1] says it well: > In March, Goldman Sachs predicted that 18 percent of work worldwide could be automated by AI, with white-collar workers such as lawyers at more risk than those in trades such as construction or maintenance. “Occupations for which a significant share of workers’ time is spent outdoors or performing physical labor cannot be automated by AI,” the report said. While I really feel for people who have lost their job due to AI, I also can't help but feel that the "non-automatable" jobs that they're going into actually have a lot more value to society. E.g. the article talks about a copywriter who loses his copywriting work and decides to go become an HVAC technician and go into plumbing. I value the work of having working A/C and hot water a lot more than yet another creative blurb trying to sell me something. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/02/ai-taking-jobs/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/02/ai-taki...