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I think a lot of personality-based jobs will flourish - streamer, comedian, influencer - that kind of thing. I think that while there's no technical reason an A
by joegibbs 3y ago
I think a lot of personality-based jobs will flourish - streamer, comedian, influencer - that kind of thing. I think that while there's no technical reason an AI couldn't do those jobs - you can put together Stable Diffusion and an LLM to do Instagram posts recommending a restaurant or shilling a product - the idea that they're a relatable human just like you or me is what makes people interested in them. There are some virtual influencers but I think that's a niche, their appeal comes from being one of a few. If there were a million virtual influencers I think that people would find them annoying and get put off.
Physical labour, like carpentry or plumbing, won't be going away until we get flexible humanoid robots. I think that a lot of the savings and efficiency gained by using AI will mean that people will want more physical goods and larger houses.
I think there will be programmers for at least another 15 years. It will become more high-level and specialised though.
- coldtea 3y ago>I think a lot of personality-based jobs will flourish - streamer, comedian, influencer - that kind of thing. We're already past the saturation point for these, and they were always the kind of jobs that one will pull off out of thousands trying. They're not a career that you just go into, studying and then landing a job, like being a programmer or a laywer. They're more like aspiring to be smaller-scale "Hollywood star" or "Pro skateboarder". All of those in any case depend on the rest of the world having actual jobs, to pay for this entertainment. In a downturn, streamers, comedians, influencers are the first to go. Judging from the state of countries with huge unemployement, the future is slums, not influencer gigs.