Agreed.
-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Name a job. Can we automate it?
- Thread starter Aztechnology
- Start date
- Status
Agreed.
Liberty4all
Banned
Employment Counsellor. Growth industry?
funkystudent
Member
Surely that could be replaced with a giant computer you enter all your eduction / work experience details into and then it spits out employment and future education advice based on that + economic trends.
Going by this video, i figured the only viable job in the near future, will be one that exploits human weaknesses.
Con artists, "curing" with crystals, religious/cult leader and so on.
Whatever job can benefit from the imagined value of the conveniently immeasurable "human component", in short.
the-pi-guy
Member
AI is an ongoing field of research, and everything will likely be automated or at least have the ability to be automated.
If (when?) AI reaches a point to match human intelligence or even exceed, it'll be easy to automate pretty much anything. And many things they'd be able to automated even better.
If (when?) AI reaches a point to match human intelligence or even exceed, it'll be easy to automate pretty much anything. And many things they'd be able to automated even better.
Liberty4all
Banned
They do have psychoanalytic tests that do something like that... But the reality is that people out of work demand their governments provide live people they can talk to. My position Career and Employment Consultant is with Income Support in Human Services... The assessment piece of a clients situation can't be done by a computer when determining eligibility... And even if it could the public wouldnt stand for it. We are a long way away from an AI smart enough to respond to another human the way only sentient beings can respond to each other.
That page about automation is complete foolishness.
Programmer at 48% and DBA at 3%?
Programmers have been trying to automate themselves out of a job for decades. Nobody's done any progress - software just got better\more complex every time a programming step has been automated.
Even if you could write code in pure english, you'd still need programmers.
Programmer at 48% and DBA at 3%?
Programmers have been trying to automate themselves out of a job for decades. Nobody's done any progress - software just got better\more complex every time a programming step has been automated.
Even if you could write code in pure english, you'd still need programmers.
Shake Appeal
Member
It's gonna be a looooong time before artificial intelligence is going to be able to write creatively, so my job is safe.
Liberty4all
Banned
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Not as long as you might assume at first.
On the subject of automation, Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots is something to have a listen to or read. I like the audio book myself.
Aztechnology
Member
I'll definitely check it out. I love reading, but audio books are definitely become more convenient for me lately. Nice to be able to listen as I crash at night. Well worth the increased cost.
Username1198
Member
Drug taste tester
Church guys on bikes that try to get you to convert
Professional athlete
Church guys on bikes that try to get you to convert
Professional athlete
As a general rule, I'd say that the more creativity the job requires, the longer it will take to automate. I suppose theoretically everything can be automated with enough time, but in our lifetimes I tend to stick with my rule. The less routine tasks there are, the harder it is to automate. Also, if the job is expected to make use of the human body, such as sports or performing arts, then tradition will keep those things from being automated.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
... I never said stockroom worker. Don't misquote me lol.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
Considering that most pro sports teams are recruiting scouts with backgrounds in statistics and economics, this has to be a resounding no.
Funny enough my beta for the grid "ai" designed websites just started today.
Its total shit.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
rokkerkory
Member
Automate the automation
User Name Here
Member
Fish therapist
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Barber!
That1BlackGuy
Member
Hopefully Customer Service and Call Center jobs, no one should have to put up with that kind of abuse.
crazygambit
Member
I disagree.
AI is already creating art, composing music and can already analyze written works of fiction to identify themes, characters, etc. It won't be that long until an AI can do it even better than humans.
Doing a load of laundry however is really complicated for a machine. I remember reading that sometimes it took the robot like 15 minutes to tell apart a folded shirt from a tie. So a menial job like a maid may be farther away than something like a writer, composer or artist.
CadetMahoney
Member
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
I was going to say porn star, but with the rise of VR and CGI technology coupled with the ease of free Internet porn that job isn't long for this world either.
- Status