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For what reasons do you believe programming and medicine will remain options but not music or art? They are most probably all doomed in the next few years. Diag

For what reasons do you believe programming and medicine will remain options but not music or art? They are most probably all doomed in the next few years. Diagnosis models are already showing superior accuracy over human-only and human-in-the-loop results (i.e. as with chess AIs, the best results come from following the machine blindly, humans get it wrong when they second guess it).

tsumnia 3y ago
I think OP is more referring to art/music/theater careers are low paying, so people need some other form of income to sustain themselves. In very well may be the same for programming and medical - we really don't know. However, I am optimistic that with AI automation happening "everywhere" (wherever it can generate profit), we'll see culture shift to appreciating more human-only things. Singing can be AI generated, but we're still impressed by someone being able to harmonize and hit notes; Physical sports are still too chaotic for AI to effectively compete at human levels, so audiences will flock to watch humans. This line of reasoning actually warmed me up to people that are live-streaming as a career. They opened their lives to be experienced by others, another element that AI (I believe) will struggle to genuinely replicate because the audience will want living people. Similar to the popularity (and profitability) of reality shows (even dramatized ones) - you see highlights of someone "living".
- margalabargala 3y ago
  > This line of reasoning actually warmed me up to people that are live-streaming as a career. They opened their lives to be experienced by others, another element that AI (I believe) will struggle to genuinely replicate because the audience will want living people. There already exist very popular AI-generated live streamers. https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-ai-streamer-so-advanced-shes-hosting-react-streams https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-ai-streamer-so-...
bluGill 3y ago
Everything will remain an option - the only question is how valuable it will be. Most artists/musicians do not make money doing art/music. A lot of them are making money teaching art/music to kids which gives them some free time for their art/music. A lot of them are making money in something else and doing a hobby. Right now you can make a lot of money as a programmer. AI currently isn't good enough to replace us and nothing else is even showing promise, meanwhile there is more and more ideas people come up with that need a computer programmer. Of course who knows - I've seen a lot of technology take over, meanwhile flying cars have been just around the corner for 70+ years. My best guess is AI won't take over - but that is a pure guess and could be wrong. Similar for doctors. There is a lot of efforts in using AI, but so far nothing takes over from a well trained humans. Will that change - I don't think so, but I could be wrong. Make your own bets.

tsumnia 3y ago

I think OP is more referring to art/music/theater careers are low paying, so people need some other form of income to sustain themselves. In very well may be the same for programming and medical - we really don't know. However, I am optimistic that with AI automation happening "everywhere" (wherever it can generate profit), we'll see culture shift to appreciating more human-only things. Singing can be AI generated, but we're still impressed by someone being able to harmonize and hit notes; Physical sports are still too chaotic for AI to effectively compete at human levels, so audiences will flock to watch humans. This line of reasoning actually warmed me up to people that are live-streaming as a career. They opened their lives to be experienced by others, another element that AI (I believe) will struggle to genuinely replicate because the audience will want living people. Similar to the popularity (and profitability) of reality shows (even dramatized ones) - you see highlights of someone "living".

margalabargala 3y ago
> This line of reasoning actually warmed me up to people that are live-streaming as a career. They opened their lives to be experienced by others, another element that AI (I believe) will struggle to genuinely replicate because the audience will want living people. There already exist very popular AI-generated live streamers. https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-ai-streamer-so-advanced-shes-hosting-react-streams https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/twitch-ai-streamer-so-...

bluGill 3y ago

Everything will remain an option - the only question is how valuable it will be. Most artists/musicians do not make money doing art/music. A lot of them are making money teaching art/music to kids which gives them some free time for their art/music. A lot of them are making money in something else and doing a hobby. Right now you can make a lot of money as a programmer. AI currently isn't good enough to replace us and nothing else is even showing promise, meanwhile there is more and more ideas people come up with that need a computer programmer. Of course who knows - I've seen a lot of technology take over, meanwhile flying cars have been just around the corner for 70+ years. My best guess is AI won't take over - but that is a pure guess and could be wrong. Similar for doctors. There is a lot of efforts in using AI, but so far nothing takes over from a well trained humans. Will that change - I don't think so, but I could be wrong. Make your own bets.