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AI will take your job. Get over it

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Super credible when the "article" telling me that AI is gonna take my job comes from the CEO of an AI company.

Ugh, there is a lot of hype in the short term, probably not enough hype long-term, 5-10 years.

Can you sumarize this article for me?

The Fortune article, "AI will take your job. Get over it," by Tatyana Mamut argues that while AI will undoubtedly change the workforce, it's not about destroying jobs but redefining valuable work, similar to how previous technological revolutions transformed society.

The author draws parallels to historical economic shifts, such as the Industrial Revolution and the transition from communism to capitalism in Russia, where resistance to change led to significant societal upheaval. The key lesson is that adapting quickly to the AI-driven economy is crucial to avoid repeating historical mistakes.

Mamut outlines three ways individuals must adapt:

Learn AI: Actively use AI tools and immerse oneself in AI-focused content. Develop your intuition: Focus on uniquely human skills like sensing cultural shifts and anticipating human behavior, as AI excels at data analysis but lacks these abilities. Become a performer: Prioritize roles that thrive on human energy, emotion, and real-time interaction, such as sales, live performances, and public speaking. The article emphasizes that the future workforce isn't facing extinction but evolution. The key is to integrate AI into workflows, using it as an amplifier, and to double down on uniquely human skills that AI can't easily replicate. The author concludes that the future belongs to those who embrace AI and adapt quickly.

"Learn AI” is the new “Learn to code”.

And speaking of the future, it’s amazing to me just how quickly people have pivoted away from at least pretending to deal with global climate change, to build more power plants for AI, because everyone thinks that’s where the money is. We’ll burn the planet to a crisp for money.

AI is here to serve man.

Only if you keep it out of the hands of oligarchs and authoritarians. Otherwise, it will be used to enslave.

That was a Twilight Zone reference. [0]

Spoiler alert: No I can't. If you don't know it, please see the episode. It's a classic.

As for AI, like anything else, in good hands and appropriate uses, it's great. But greed always gets in the way. And the evil that men do takes a long time to undo, if it's undoable at all.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zon...

This is actually kind of a terrible article.

What she seems to be glossing over is the fact that the people displaced by prior revolutions were impoverished and traumatized and we only moved past it because those people died and new people not used to the old ways were born.

Like, she talks about Russia not getting past getting over communism and electing a dictator, and seems to not mention that the same pattern could be seen with globalization and Trump?

The problem is not an emotional problem of people getting over their fears, it’s a structural problem of having a system to take care of displaced workers. If you’re a data scientist, no amount of “learn AI” may help the fact that if we automate all of data science away, you’re just out of a job.

For people who came after the Industrial Revolution, everything was better. For those displaced by it? Everything was just worse.

More like, AI will take your job and give you a new one.

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