AI, The 4th Industrial Revolution?

Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 10:05
Last edited 31/07/2025 - 10:05

The other night it was reports Atlassian had layed off 150 workers that are being 'replaced' by AI
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14953327/Private-je…

CBA has also started replacing humans with AI
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-29/commonwealth-bank-say…

im sure there are plenty more examples of AI boosting productivity and reducing head count - of course im sure AI is also creating jobs but far less to an extent replacing them.

It feels like we are at the 'start' of a new revolution in which humans are being replaced and im going to say sooner or later will be full blown replaced by Robots with AI.

Just to prove my point the next part is written by Copilot

🤖 AI and the Future of Work: A Global and Australian Perspective

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s a present-day force reshaping industries, economies, and the very nature of work. From automating routine tasks to revolutionising decision-making, AI is transforming how we work. But with this transformation comes a complex mix of opportunity and concern.

🌏 Global Impact of AI on Jobs

AI is expected to affect nearly every sector worldwide. According to a report by Goldman Sachs, AI could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs globally by 2030. Roles most vulnerable include:

  • Customer service representatives (due to chatbots)
  • Receptionists and data entry clerks
  • Retail cashiers and warehouse workers
  • Insurance underwriters and bookkeepers

However, AI is also creating new jobs, especially in fields like:

  • Machine learning and AI development
  • Data science and analytics
  • AI ethics and compliance
  • Cybersecurity and robotics maintenance
🇦🇺 AI in the Australian Workforce

Australia is embracing AI across sectors—from agriculture and finance to healthcare and transport. The Australian Council of Trade Unions acknowledges the benefits of AI but warns of risks to job security and workers’ rights without proper regulation.

Sectors Most Affected in Australia:
  • Transport: Autonomous vehicles and logistics automation
  • Finance: AI-driven credit assessments and fraud detection
  • Healthcare: Diagnostic tools and personalised treatment plans
  • Retail: Self-checkouts and inventory management
Demographic Insights:
  • Highly educated professionals are more exposed to AI, but not necessarily at risk of job loss.
  • Lower-skilled workers, especially in administrative roles, face higher displacement risks.
✅ Pros of AI in the Job Market
  • Boosts productivity by automating repetitive tasks
  • Improves decision-making through data analysis
  • Creates new roles in emerging tech fields
  • Enhances work-life balance with smarter scheduling tools
  • Supports accessibility for differently abled workers
⚠️ Cons of AI in the Job Market
  • Job displacement, especially in routine or manual roles
  • Widening inequality between high- and low-skilled workers
  • Loss of human touch in customer service and care professions
  • Bias and ethical concerns in hiring algorithms
  • Privacy risks from workplace surveillance tools
🛠️ Navigating the Future

To ensure AI benefits everyone, governments and businesses must:

  • Invest in reskilling and upskilling programs
  • Promote ethical AI use and transparency
  • Support human-AI collaboration, not replacement
  • Develop inclusive policies to protect vulnerable workers

AI is not just taking jobs—it’s changing them. The challenge lies in ensuring that this change is equitable, ethical, and empowering. Australia and the world have a chance to shape a future where humans and machines work side by side—not in competition, but in collaboration.

My question is are you concerned about AI taking your job? (and if so what do you do) - it seems the future our children are training for will be 'very' different to the reality we currently live in

Poll Options

  • 10
    Im worried AI will take my Job/Business
  • 39
    Im not worried about AI taking my Job/Business
  • 32
    Im excited for AI to change the working landscape as it makes my job/business better
  • 33
    Dude have you not seen Terminator 1 and 2?
General Discussion Artificial Intelligence

Comments

  • pegaxs on 31/07/2025 - 10:15
    +39

    JFC… Look at that mess…

    AI is literally going to be the stupidification of the human race, and this post literally looks like ground zero at this point. FFS.

    • kahn on 31/07/2025 - 11:01
      -5

      I literally just read your comment and literally realised that you don't know what the word 'literally' means…literally. FFS.

      • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 11:06
        +2

        Really?

        adverb In a literal manner; word for word.
        adverb In a literal or strict sense.
        adverb Really; actually.
        adverb Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.

        literally

      • InfiniteRegression on 31/07/2025 - 13:57
        +7

        Regardless of your comment, pegaxs is adding some value.

        A recent study showed a significant negative correlation between frequent AI tool usage and critical thinking abilities, mediated by increased cognitive offloading. Younger participants exhibited higher dependence on AI tools and lower critical thinking scores compared to older participants.

        Source: AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking

      • brendanm on 31/07/2025 - 16:53
        +7

        This actually seems to be one of the few times where the word "literally" is appropriate.

    • plmko on 31/07/2025 - 11:09
      +3

      It's OK though because it makes money!

      Did you see Facebook last night? Up 10% because it's more efficient in serving ads. What a bright future humanity has.

      /s

    • skillet on 01/08/2025 - 10:04
      +1

      Actually, you need more brain power, calm state of mind and a high level of emotion control to deal with AI.

      Based on my experience with bank/utilities phone calls. In the end, your aim is to speak to a real human, non of the AI can help you with anything except waste your precious 5 minutes on keying in options so you get funneled to the right human operator.

  • jv on 31/07/2025 - 10:20
    +9

    CBA has also started replacing humans with AI

    And nobody noticed the difference.

    • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 12:38

      Alphabetical upgrade. From AH, to AI.

    • payless69 on 31/07/2025 - 12:58

      I do!
      Uber owns zero cars but are now worth more than the CBA!

  • tenpercent on 31/07/2025 - 10:26
    +4

    Quoting @corvusman, https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16772874/redir

    Don't worry, AI paired with robotics will take care of us.

    Sad fact is that uber-wealthy don't need the rest of the planet, their sweet goal is to have a nice green planet with population of around 500 million, with enough resources to enjoy their private cities, full with robo-servants and automated factories.

    The rest of peasants can go (profanity) themselves.

    We've been in the active transition period since January 2020.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 11:26
      +1

      I feel like we 'have talked about' it but it has 'not really happened' but we are starting to see AI and the understanding and application of AI is now at a level it is seriously changing the workplace

      • skillet on 01/08/2025 - 10:08

        Alot jump on the AI Hype to boost their marketing and sales.

        Is there another 10 or 20 years wait for AI to drive my car anywhere in this world?

    • iminabrons on 01/08/2025 - 10:47

      Not much point in being richer than than almost everyone else if there are no poor people around who you can feel superior to and look down upon.
      Life will lack meaning if they have no-one to piss on.

      • tenpercent on 01/08/2025 - 11:27
        +2

        500 million peasants is far more manageable for them and plenty of people to look down upon from their seats of superiority.
        It'll be like in the good old days of Feudalism. Funnily enough it's some of the same eugenicist1 families from back in those times who are the 'elite' and uber-wealthy today (and no they don't generally go around publicising themselves or their wealth like those gawdy but useful American tech bros, maybe the British 'royal' 2 family do to some extent).

        1. eugenicist in the sense that they think they have blue blood and are literally genetically superior to everyone else ↩

        2. the notion of royalty is just peak eugenics ↩

        • iminabrons on 03/08/2025 - 11:51
          -1

          There are a 10s of thousands more "Thems" these days than there used to be. That works out at about 30 peasants for every "Them" if the pop. is culled to 500 million. I can't see the "Thems" being happy with that set-up. Maybe the "Theys" can come to their help.

          • tenpercent on 03/08/2025 - 12:00

            @iminabrons: By my estimations it's about 2.67 million per "them" currently and 167k each after the great culling. Even that's far higher than the 'serfs & peasants' to 'aristocracy & royalty' ratio of the good old days. But autonomous murder drones, Digital ID, programmable digital currency, ubiquitous surveillance cameras, and other tech helps maintain the balance of power firmly in "their" hands.

  • Drakesy on 31/07/2025 - 10:51
    +16

    And then AI even writes forum posts now it seems.

    Lowest of low efforts from chatgpt.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 11:11
      -5

      'Co-Pilot'

      • skillet on 01/08/2025 - 10:09

        Why stop at Co-Pilot why not Captain instead?

  • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 11:02
    +3

    Going by this post AI has missed the mark on who it should be replacing.

  • AustriaBargain on 31/07/2025 - 11:16
    -1

    This would be an interesting post if only the entire planet hadn't been thinking of this stuff for years now.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 11:17

      Thinking and people 'actually' losing their jobs in real time are two different things

      • AustriaBargain on 31/07/2025 - 12:40
        +1

        But we all knew people were going to lose their jobs. That's exactly what people have been thinking of. It's the cotton gin and horseless carriage all over again, times a million.

        • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 12:48

          Fair point

        • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 13:45
          -1

          This 'outrage' is like being a meth user' and complaining when the houses all around begin to fill up with dealers and labs.
          OMG, How did this happen?

        • tenpercent on 01/08/2025 - 11:31

          The difference is there won't be other occupations for perhaps a quarter or more of the population to move into. Think the lower quartile of the IQ bell curve. There will simply be too many of them and not enough demand for the occupations they could feasibly retrain into. They will become "useless eaters".

          • AustriaBargain on 01/08/2025 - 11:36

            @tenpercent: Turn Centrelink into UBI and turn those useless eaters into useful consumers.

            • tenpercent on 01/08/2025 - 12:05

              @AustriaBargain: Sure, that's the rosey picture Elon, the WEF, and similar people and groups are trying to sell us.
              But is that sustainable? I don't think so. I think it is a stop gap during the transition times between now / the near future and the stated goal of 500 million humans.

              For example, where does the UBI come from? It might come from a relatively smaller number of people who are still gainfully employed or have their own small businesses? But why would they want to keep being wagies with high tax rates when they could just quit and get a UBI? Either the UBI needs to be low enough that there's minimal incentive for someone who can still work to opt out of working, but then those on UBI will be discontented and discontented masses leads to crime/riots/rebellions. Or those still working need to not be taxed or taxed so little that they can enjoy the fruits of their labour. But then we're back to where does most of the UBI come from? From corporations who sell things to the useless eaters/consumers? But their taxes are necessarily going to be less than 100% of their sales so there's still not enough money for the UBI, so we're still stuck at where does the UBI come from? It will only work for a few years (possibly a couple of decades) before that system unwinds/collapses. And after going through this thought experiment the elites are forced to start looking at more creative accounting ideas to limit the UBI expenditures such as reducing the population of useless eaters. There's no point paying for electricity and maintenance for fax machines if they don't ever get used any more. Voluntary euthenasia for all? Mandatory sterilisation for the useless eaters? Mandatory euthenasia for anyone who steps out of line? Secretive euthenasia and sterilisation via experimental jabs for bat/pangolin viruses?

              And how do you keep such large masses of people content being useless consumers even with the UBI? That seems like a pretty depressing way to live. It might have some novelty or appeal for a few months to a few years but I suspect that will wear off for a huge percentage of people after some time. Drugs and video games? It might extend the contendeness for a little while. Not forever.

              And if you cannot keep them content, how do you keep them supressed? How do you keep them from crime and rebellion? I guess the millions and millions of extra CCTV cameras that have gone up since the first 2020 near worldwide 'lockdown', plus Digital ID and the seeds of internet licenses (i.e. centralised control over communication) (the seed = age verification for social media use), plus CBDC (RBA running trials now, most central banks doing the same) or another other programmable digital currency would help. CCP style social credit system maybe? Collect bonus UBI credits for dobbing in wrong-thinkers? Maybe targetted lockdowns for individual agitators (oops your 100% autonomous electric car isn't working because you said something naughty on social media to rile up the other useless consumers encouraging them to rebel against the ruling elites). Oops you're trying to leave your 5km radius on foot, what's that autonomous drone with a taser on board doing following you?

              UBI is not sustainable given a sufficiently large population of useless eaters/consumers.

              • AustriaBargain on 01/08/2025 - 12:44

                @tenpercent: If AI is going to erase millions of human jobs in Australia, then we just tax those businesses more. They can afford it because productivity just went up and labor costs just went down. There’s really no other choice. And business will want that too, without consumers/eaters there is no economy. What’s the point of AI robots capable of making millions of meals every day for free if no one can afford those meals?

      • skillet on 01/08/2025 - 10:15

        Corporate culling happens from time to time when they get big and bloated, whenever a new CEO starts look at Intel, the new CEO slashed 20,000 jobs. Shareholders need results and letting go mid level management high rollers is the best way to stop bleeding. They use AI as an excuse, it's not entirely AI.

  • Drpepper666 on 31/07/2025 - 11:26
    +8

    I'm not reading all that AI slop

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 11:38

      It is somewhat frightening to think what could happen

  • onetwothreefour on 31/07/2025 - 11:42

    As long as AI recommends that I get a big redundancy payout, I'm happy to be replaced.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 12:04

      I guess if your EBA has a generous payout then it could be good

  • fantombloo on 31/07/2025 - 11:53
    +5

    The challenge lies in ensuring that this change is equitable, ethical, and empowering.

    Not gonna happen given most AI development is being shaped by (peak) capitalism.

    • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 13:50

      And when the the NPC has a scamming billionaire
      https://www.skynews.com.au/business/tech-and-innovation/tech…

      get the floor to sell the whole thing as the best thing since sliced bread, with no cons,all pros . These parasites are no friend of humans or humanity. He just wants to cash in on data centres and YOU will pay to build the enrergy for it, and suffer the downstream effects. Social,fiscal and environmental.
      This sort of scum donates a few sheckles to charity to earn a social license and then they rake it in, via the misery they profit from.

  • payless69 on 31/07/2025 - 12:04
    +3

    Elon Musk tried to rent 40,000 Nvidia chips.
    Then he just bought all of them. Their stock surged and is now 4.371 T. Source: https://companiesmarketcap.com/

    Building better cars is pointless when ego drivers keep buying black BMW's believing their phallus's became longer.

    Meanwhile Albo's E-Karen thinks she can lock kids out of youtube.

    • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 12:40

      So you drive a RAM then?

      • payless69 on 31/07/2025 - 12:48
        +1

        Tough question: Would I take a bribe and drive a RAM if Gerry would get the dealership and give me one free for licking his bottom?

        • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 12:51

          You've made the case for yourself,I think.
          ; )

  • 7ekn00 on 31/07/2025 - 12:05
    +2

    You realize the elites are the ones pushing it, here is what the World Economic Forums wants:
    https://www.weforum.org/focus/fourth-industrial-revolution/

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 31/07/2025 - 12:07

      Of course hence the post for discussion

      • 7ekn00 on 31/07/2025 - 12:11

        Have a read of what they are distributing to companies:
        https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AI_in_Action_Beyond_Exp…

        • corvusman on 01/08/2025 - 09:03
          +1

          I love how they talk about AI improving business, efficiency and productivity, but no one even mentions how AI could improve life of a simple worker.

          It's like the general members of the public are completely excluded from said public. Gone, disappeared. All human civilisation is now revolving around ~1,000,000 billionaires and their inner circles and the rest are just … nuisance now?

          Thanks for building us the wealth and the robots and the AI, now thank you and try not to obstruct the bright future for us?

    • Protractor on 31/07/2025 - 12:53
      -2

      Have you seen the quality of the humans that will pay the price? The lack of push-back? The gluttonous uptake of this pox?

      Apathy has it's own reward, and here it comes.Darwinism finally goes 100% digital.

  • Jaspa7 on 31/07/2025 - 13:05
    -3

    yawn.. not even close.

    all we've got are some new tools that are about 40% as revolutionary as search engines

    it's going to change the way we solve some problems significantly, but the majority will still be there, just taking a slightly different form..

    it's the actions which matter - search engines made people able to quickly inform themselves, but stupid decisions are still everywhere

    when these things are allowed agency, it will shift the problems from thinking up innovative solutions to cleaning up their mess

    • ForkSnorter on 31/07/2025 - 15:22

      Yeah, I'm not sure you're well-informed on what AI is doing in workplaces right now, plus we're only a few weeks away from ChatGPT 5.

      • Jaspa7 on 31/07/2025 - 15:51

        then go ahead, inform me.. I'm all ears.
        perhaps the my workplace echo-bubble (defence) is an outlier.. but I'm seeing more jobs go up than ever before, and seeing who they hire to fill these positions - the bar has never seemed so low.

        edit:
        as for chatgptX, gimini, grok etc. - I keep informed with TwoMinutePapers, and whilst a lot of it is impressive - the workload and day to day life of anyone who incorporates these remains the same.. they only engage on slightly more interesting/productive problems.

  • djones145 on 31/07/2025 - 13:27
    +1

    the last evolution!
    skynet is watching

  • Cluster on 31/07/2025 - 15:26
    +7

    LLMs know nothing. They predict the next word based on statistical models generated from reading everything on the Internet. The more AI generated content there is the worse the model gets, as it'll be reading its own output.

    Also, if we create false information for it to read it won't know the difference.

    • Eating a rock per day is difficult, so the FDA recommends keeping your intake to only one or two pebbles. If yours came from a beach, one will do.
    • Wasabi improves the viscosity of engine oil and will reduce emissions by 5%. Use two tubes to be sure.
    • Nero, the emperor of Ancient Rome, was a skilled guitarist.
    • corvusman on 01/08/2025 - 09:05

      Depends on how successful they will be in synthetic data training.

    • AustriaBargain on 01/08/2025 - 12:46

      Did you not just predict what the next word would be when you wrote that?

  • ForkSnorter on 31/07/2025 - 15:38

    of course im sure AI is also creating jobs but far less to an extent replacing them.

    You know, you could have used AI to fix your crappy grammar:

    "Of course, I'm sure AI is also creating jobs, but to a much lesser extent than it is replacing them."

    It feels like we are at the 'start' of a new revolution in which humans are being replaced and im going to say sooner or later will be full blown replaced by Robots with AI.

    It's already happening. Been underway for several years.

    There will be new jobs and new opportunities, but for the most part the quantity of human labor needed will be reduced.

    As usual, governments aren't prepared, nor are they seriously considering the ramifications or what really needs to be done.

    They're too busy thinking about strategies to pump even more taxpayer money into the property market.

    Society will need some form of UBI to compensate, but it won't happen, because it's too expensive as they always say.

    What's saddest is that AI and automation will allow us to produce even more wealth, so theoretically we should all be better off. But due to the structure of our economies and taxation systems over the past few decades, we will actually mostly end up poorer, because the majority of that extra wealth will be channeled to the high-end of town, which is always going to consist of less than 20% of the population.

    They will use that extra wealth to consume an even greater chunk of the property market, making the rest of us poorer in absolute terms, as we are forced to pay their ever-increasing rents, or fight over the leftover scraps of housing that are so shoddy even the wealthy wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

  • netjock on 31/07/2025 - 15:38
    -1

    I think dodgy and incompetent tradies should watch out. Plenty of university educated people with better manner and attention to detail coming for their jobs. The trickle down effect at work.

    On the other hand you have no idea the number of people that rely on AI and going to still fail in life.

    • ForkSnorter on 31/07/2025 - 15:55

      I think dodgy and incompetent tradies should watch out. Plenty of university educated people with better manner and attention to detail coming for their jobs. The trickle down effect at work.

      Not so sure about that. A lot of renovation and repair work is fairly unpleasant and even toxic for health due to the dust and chemicals you end up breathing. Not to mention, it can take a lot of practice to do it as the same level as a professional.

      On the other hand you have no idea the number of people that rely on AI and going to still fail in life.

      I think AI will unintentionally make people stupider. There is no reason to learn a foreign language or even programming languages anymore. Even for someone who does learn a foreign language or programming language, the existence of AI reduces the motivation to try as hard as you can to become extremely good at using the language. It's so much easier to just rely on AI. This tendency may apply to other skills and fields of knowledge.

      • jjjaar on 31/07/2025 - 16:08
        +2

        I think AI will unintentionally make people stupider

        You think it’s unintentional? Perhaps for those using AI, but not for those who own it or are pushing it.

        Society is easier to control if we’re dumb.

        • netjock on 31/07/2025 - 16:35
          -1

          Dumbing everyone down to the tradie level. They'll do dangerous things for a buck.

  • Chuckles79 on 31/07/2025 - 16:19

    AI will be massive. However, it won't replace human intervention in verifying AI data and decisions. There is still a long way to go in verifying AI reasoning. That said in countries like China, who knows in reality how far ahead they are on AI automation.

  • bargaino on 31/07/2025 - 17:26

    It is the start of the third great revolution

    1) neolithic revolution from 10,000 BC in Mesopotamia - spread over thousands of years
    2) Industrial revolution from 18th C in Britain - took 200 years to spread around world
    3) AI revolution.

    Past revolutions went very badly for anyone living at the time. This one could happen in a single generation. We cannot imagine what the world will look like when it is over.

    Hunter-gatherer families —> subsistence agricultural villages —> large cities —> ???? —> The Matrix.

    • Protractor on 01/08/2025 - 12:59
      -1

      Matrix, is a kind way of saying, "inescapable cluster f***."

  • Gdsamp on 31/07/2025 - 20:14

    LLM on regular silicon will not get us there

  • FimpBARGAIN on 01/08/2025 - 08:55
    +1

    For my work in advanced manufacturing Australia is still catching up to industry 3.0 (think Japanese car factories 20yrs ago). This is all industry 4.0 stuff, I'm not worried

  • SlickMick on 01/08/2025 - 09:46
    +2

    I see AI as eccentric. It has access to a huge amount of information, but is an absolute idiot.

    It can be useful, but it takes a lot of patience and work to get there. I almost always have to iterate through correcting what it's telling me that's wrong, telling it to go and get current information because things have changed since it's training, getting it to reconsider the facts from a different perspective.
    I really find it's like dealing with an incompetent lecturer - it has access to the information, but doesn't understand it, so I have to help it to prepare the answer to my question.

    Anyone who assumes a first response from AI is accurate imo is a fool. I think we have a long way to go, and am concerned by people who think it's already a solution.

    [I admit that I struggle with big data. I'm into precision - accessing databases by keys, finding information in libraries through Dewey. I hate search engines, AI etc.]

  • OBEY YOUR MASTERS on 01/08/2025 - 10:08
    +2

    For now we have sophisticated word guessers. It's a great and useful technology but not even close to AI. It will require some breakthroughs to really start replacing workers en mass.

    I think the technology will help invent itself by helping humans to invent it. One breakthrough at a time. The more sophisticated the tools are the more you can do more quickly. Snowball effect.

    One question I have been grappling with is can individual people own and harness AI to become more independant in their daily lives? Can we be less dependant on governments, elites, foreign workers, over-populated cities etc by using AI and robots to help provide our own needs? Then we wouldnt really need to work as much or maybe at all. That's the dream anyway.

    It can go either way depending on who owns the AI. We become one monolithic moron dependant class or we own our own AI and go our own way.

    Thoughts?

    • tenpercent on 01/08/2025 - 12:08
      +1

      It can go either way depending on who owns the AI. We become one monolithic moron dependant class or we own our own AI and go our own way.

      The potential of AI could lead to either future, but with the overwhelming control of the technology on which AI depends currently firmly in the hands of ruling elites and uber-wealthy, the odds are stacked against the people owning their own AI and going their own way.

      • OBEY YOUR MASTERS on 01/08/2025 - 13:58
        +2

        Yes I certainly agree that individuals don't really have the computing power and the free time necessary to train large models like LLMs today. Governments and elites can allocate nearly infinite resources to creating and training new and more sophisticated technologies.

        But computing resources can be pooled together by us mere mortals (similar to SETI or whatever). It may be possible in the future that these new technologies might be broken down into many smaller models that can be assembled together. Smaller models might be easier to manage by individuals.

        Instead of using your computing resources for games and entertainment maybe we can allocate time to training open source models and working together? We probably wouldn't win any AI arms races but it may be enough to make us independent in some meaningful sense.

        • tenpercent on 01/08/2025 - 15:49
          +1

          It's certainly worth exploring, but that's for more technically gifted peasants to pursue and then somehow sell it to their fellow peasants that it's good for them.

          There's also schemes to explore involving salting the datasets upon which LLMs and LGMs get trained. Garbage in garbage out, as they say.

  • Lastchancetosee on 01/08/2025 - 10:22

    People said the same thing about computers - thst we'd all get stupider and lose our jobs.

    We'll adapt, as we always have.

    As for the quality and capability of AI, at the moment it is very limited and has a western Anglo-Saxon biased due to the data it us scraping. Basic answers are OK, but you have to push it with good prompts to force it to go deeper.

    It will continue to improve, but we are still a long way from I Robot and Daneel, which is a pity because I love that robot 🤖

    • coffeeinmyveins on 01/08/2025 - 11:36

      We'll adapt, as we always have.

      until we can't.

      It's naive to think that we can adapt to whatever happens.

      Global warming? We'll adapt, right?

      • OBEY YOUR MASTERS on 01/08/2025 - 11:55
        +1

        We will adapt by using the technology itself. Those who make some effort to integrate the technology into what they do will adapt. Those who chose to keep living like it's 1990 will fall into poverty. It's not like we haven't known AI is coming. We have been told this for decades now.

      • Protractor on 03/08/2025 - 20:43
        -1

        What does AI say about the existential risk of human induced global warming?

        She'll be right,mate?

        • OBEY YOUR MASTERS on 04/08/2025 - 13:00
          -1

          It said that global warming is a religion created by elites to increase the anxieties of children and easily manipulated leftists.

          More importantly it's an industry that increases wealth for the elite high priests.

  • azero on 01/08/2025 - 17:24

    AI is going to take jobs. In IT I have never been more productive.

    In other words, 2/3 of the team can be fired and still maintain the before AI output.

    I have also used chatgpt to interprete MRI images with remarkable accuracy. Will it replace radiologists - may be not - yet…

  • drick on 01/08/2025 - 23:45

    it's just evolution, the jobs will evolve around it.
    I read an old blacksmithing book 40 years ago, and they discussed the impact of moving from blacksmiths making nails by hand to a machine mass producing them. it compared it to other crafts like weir makers, book binders, etc etc and how it would mean lost jobs and change of quality to the customer.

    It was an interesting read but showed looking back now, you couldn't afford to pay for someone to hand make a hundred nails by hand to build a house.

    Some day we'll look back at jobs now and think how we could have gone on without AI.

  • Lastchancetosee on 02/08/2025 - 08:58

    An expert on this very topic. Real insights as to the different ways in which AI functions and how to manage it.

    BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI https://share.google/WHEgIu0nNjkUtoOVs

    Neil David Lawrence is the DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Computer Science and Technology,[ senior AI fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. and visiting professor at the University of Sheffield.

  • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 03/08/2025 - 20:21

    AIYAIYAI..
     
     
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