Before reading this, I encourage you to watch this documentary. "The truth about killer robots"
Mankind is in the birth of artificial Intelligence, otherwise known by the acronym "A.I." Intriguing? Disturbing? Or just plain scary? I am not a luddite, but I am aware of the world around me and I think everyone else should be, too. To that end, I recently complete a course on artificial intelligence at the University of Michigan. I wanted to learn about this nebulous "A.I." thing. My thinking being, how can I get ahead of it and how can it help me?
Well, i've got news for you. Ain't nobody getting ahead of it, because it is moving faster than any of us can even imagine. No regulation, no oversight, no laws...it's the wild west.
Automated (self driving) trucks, taxis, delivery vehicles......they are all just around the corner. (pardon the pun) They are already here in North America actually, just in very small numbers, or "being tested". For now.
These are the current most in-demand jobs and fastest growing jobs in the USA:
Home health and personal care aides. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
Cooks at restaurants. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
Software developers. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
Fast food and counter workers. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
General and operations managers. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
Waiters and waitresses. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
Registered nurses.(see Moravec's paradox, below)
Labourers and freight, stock, and material movers. (A.I. and robots will be able to do this)
And, in many of the above, they already are. Reference Japan and China.
I don't mean to be all doom and gloom, because I think that opportunity will come with the increased presence of A.I. But, for unskilled workers, it is bleak. Hopefully Moravec's paradox proves true, because if not there will be little hope for the unskilled worker.
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