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[Topher]

The only non-disposable people are stockholders.

 

[EN250]

What can be said?...

 

[jshackles]

Brutal

 

[Tajaz2426]

Plenty of trade jobs out there and not enough folks to fill the slots. Construction, electricians, HVAC, etc. when we shifted from vocational learning to more university education, the perception change for blue collar workers hit hard.

Just going to need to work outside jobs more. There are plenty of jobs to fill.

 

[Topher]

Plenty of trade jobs out there and not enough folks to fill the slots. Construction, electricians, HVAC, etc. when we shifted from vocational learning to more university education, the perception change for blue collar workers hit hard.

Just going to need to work outside jobs more. There are plenty of jobs to fill.

You seen the advancement in robotics these days? AI and robotics are on a collision course. Blue collar ain't safe

 

[Hookshot]

Who knew the supermarket shelf stacker was the safest job?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Plenty of trade jobs out there and not enough folks to fill the slots. Construction, electricians, HVAC, etc. when we shifted from vocational learning to more university education, the perception change for blue collar workers hit hard.

Just going to need to work outside jobs more. There are plenty of jobs to fill.

Problem with that view is that humans are inherently lazy.

No different than the giant shift from getting off your ass to change a disc to digital downloads even though there's way more benefits to a physical game. Saving 10 seconds to launch a digital game overrides all the benefits of a physical purchase.

So getting people amped up on a highly paid a desk job to getting dirty, learning how to use tools and driving a van around town is going to be an impossible task. Not only do many people not want to give up the hoity toity prestige of a good desk job, but they also want an easy job they can sit in an air conditioned office all day while someone does a Starbucks run for everyone in the afternoon. Adding to what I said above about convenience, some desk jobbers can WFH too. And the fight some people put up so they dont have to get up in the morning and drive to the office is big too. You cant do that with a blue collar job.

Also, a blue collar job isnt the kind of job people go ape shit on social media complaining, badmouthing bosses, or fighting customers while they post something on Twitter from their office chair. So the overzealous techie on social media wont be able to do that working a construction site or installing a new HVAC system for hours.

 

[Tajaz2426]

You seen the advancement in robotics these days? AI and robotics are on a collision course. Blue collar ain't safe

I have and the nuanced tasks most blue collar jobs, will be safe. Most blue collar work involves a lot of on the fly complex problem solving, dealing with customers face to face.

AI will surely take some jobs, but it will also make productivity easier in areas that will open other opportunities to learn AI and the machinery to better help take the load off the worker.

At this point it will be an extension of the worker that could help with issues and problem solving without having manuals and a trouble shooting tree, schematics, etc.

Also, the later half of my career we used drones in the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan in beta and they haven't as of almost a decade later been able to supplant any Marines or had any MOS's closed because of it.

Lots of jobs out there for everyone, even agriculture.

My own opinion, of course. I can also see your side.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

All the morons that championed MS buying ABK as good for the devs/industry have gone into hiding.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I have and the nuanced tasks most blue collar jobs, will be safe. Most blue collar work involves a lot of on the fly complex problem solving, dealing with customers face to face.

AI will surely take some jobs, but it will also make productivity easier in areas that will open other opportunities to learn AI and the machinery to better help take the load off the worker.

At this point it will be an extension of the worker that could help with issues and problem solving without having manuals and a trouble shooting tree, schematics, etc.

Also, the later half of my career we used drones in the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan in beta and they haven't as of almost a decade later been able to supplant any Marines or had any MOS's closed because of it.

Lots of jobs out there for everyone, evening agriculture.

My own opinion, of course. I can also see your side.

For blue collar AI kinds of roles, it can heavily affect jobs if the company goes gonzo like Amazon automating fulfilment facilities as much as possible with all kinds of robots and stuff doing things. BUT, even those distribution centres have tons of workers there too. So even Amazon needs a lot of human power.

I think the big drive for AI replacing humans comes from a combo of the top companies spending and hyped up business reports where some company plugs their new tech will transform the industry.

I remember before covid reading articles how AI driven 18-wheelers were supposed to make all the truck drivers obsolete. They will self-drive and park in shipping docks all by itself, load up and drive to the delivery spot.

Still waiting.

 

[Rat Rage]

Man, A.I. is gonna destroy a lot of people's jobs. Maybe it's time to join an anti-A.I. movement?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Man, A.I. is gonna destroy a lot of people's jobs. Maybe it's time to join an anti-A.I. movement?

@grok make a plan to start an anti A.I. Movement

 

[Tajaz2426]

@grok make a plan to start an anti A.I. Movement

Better watch that, it may put all pro-AI folks in concentration camps.

 

[Durin]

I mean if AI could take over a game dev job, it's going to be on the mobile side first. So many of those games are painfully simple, release tons of iterative micro-transaction "content", and are so metric driven that of course AI can do it.

People can say AI produces slop, but King's games are already slop.