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AI and robotics are coming. Which jobs will be in high demand? Which jobs are at risk?

Neonatal RRT

Neonatal RRT

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Mike Rowe recently attended and spoke at a few significant meetings of corporate leaders and investors. Over 7 million jobs are open in the US! This is a very real national security threat, creating "pinch points". Mike Rowe does an excellent job covering this topic. A really good video piece.
 
From our conversations here on AF, it seems as if there are folks that are struggling to find their direction in life, finding employment, are not classroom learners, etc. This old mantra that you have to get this 4yr degree has created significant problems in our society...we can go on for days on that topic alone...but it impacts the ability of many autistics with regards to obtaining training, passing an interview, and keeping a job. Many folks are now discovering the trades...finally...actually being PAID to get their training...and walking into a "guaranteed" job making a 6-figure income. With some 7 million jobs to fill, employers are willing to pay those wages...supply and demand.

Now, we find ourselves in the midst of this AI and robotics race...and it is a race to replace humans in the workforce. AI is writing its own code now. It is creating its own video content and creative writing. Things that once took Hollywood CGI creators months can be done in minutes. We can go on for days on this topic. I am in healthcare. We will find AI and robotics in the operating room...already do...performing the most delicate of cardiac and neurosurgeries. Everything else is going to be relatively easy in comparison. Mechanical ventilators (breathing machines) will be fitted with the latest AI within the next few years. AI is already being used by physicians to help diagnose conditions.

We were so worried about the "blue collar" worker with AI and robotics...and there is that if it is repetitive line work or warehouses. However, AI will have far more significant impact upon the "white collar" workers...anyone behind a computer screen, creating, data entry, and making decisions.

The above video explains things much better than I ever could. Food for thought.
 
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Nourse, Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Fancher and Scott combined to name the profession I'll probably have by the end of my span on Earth.

Blade Runner
 
I saw an Arabic video, about a guy:

The doorbell rang: bum-bum.
The guy: talking to his phone, chatGPT, the door rang, what do i do?
chatGPt: go open the door

The visitor: Hey chatGPT, he opened the door, what do i do?
chatGPT said: say hello

The guy: chatGPT, what do i do now?
chatGPT: ask him wheither he wants tea or serds.
The guy: Do you whant tea or serds?

The visitor: chatGPT, he asked me wheither I want tea or serds, what do i do?
chatGPT: zip it! just take serds and be quiet! (chatGPT got angry)

The guy: chaGPT, he says he wants serds, but i don't know how to make serds?

Etc.
 
All amounting to a "party" that hopefully I won't live to see. (If my government doesn't kill me first.)

Not a lot of optimism floating around these days, either way. All amounting to "Catch-22" whether you are gainfully employed or retired on a fixed income.

So let us uplift ourselves in a song....

 
Ronald Zeeman said:
I guess we need robots real soon that can pick fruit.
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Yes. Farm co-ops that use an entire fleet of humanoid robots. You'll be driving along out in the countryside...look across a field or in an orchard...and there they'll be, by the hundreds. This is what they're designed to do, dusty, dirty, repetitive work...at least the Tesla bot is.

Tesla just announced the other day that they will stop production of their Gen 2 bot and start production on their Gen 3 bot. Full scale production ramp up beginning Dec '25-Jan '26.
 
I think our neighbours to the south cannot wait five years. Either way my son an electro-mechanical technologist (robotics) has career security. They do not fix them selves. His first position assembly line packaging cigarettes, had just replaced all the workers with robots, he was hired to maintain them. Next position robots for pipeline. They would come back badly damaged he fixed rebuilt.
 
Australia has been developing robot mango harvesters because no one wants to work out in the sun all day in that climate and picking at night comes with a whole set of other problems.

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Mango harvester set to reduce grower's labour woes
 
Just noticed that company that formerly employed my older brother is seeking robotics technologist,
aerospace, son out of country visiting fiances home country. perfect next position for him.
 
Argiculture is very receptive to robotics right now, so is medicine.

Ronald Zeeman said:
I'm retired. my youngest son fixes robots father of my granddaughter, not too worried.
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I'm also not worried, because I program robots.

In my opinion, jobs that require broader knowledge, critical and non-repetitive thinking won't be replaced. In IT, apart from robotics and programming AI, admins remain in high demand. They use AI to help, but the work requires a broader range of information and critical judgement. It's about fixing things too - mot as repetitive as AI can handle. Web development, on the other hand, got automated - maybe harder than administration, but repetitive.
 
I know robots are cheap lower than then minimum wage to run. Once my son gets back, I'll let him know about aero space position, very specialized robots. He may not want position, off chance.
 
I just read something today that U.S. companies are adopting AI for entry level office/professional related work (e.g. phone support, customer service, etc) and as a result, they're NOT hiring young graduates wanting to enter the labor market.

Here's my question: Young workers end up climbing the ladder and eventually are the ones that fill the higher level jobs that are worked by older more experienced workers. Older workers eventually...retire. So if companies no longer want/have young workers to ascend the ranks and fill the more skilled positions....who is going to take their places after the current batch of older workers retire?
 
You can see it in quality engineering, I know what automobiles were like previous to quality engineering. Expect regression. I watched over the last twenty years repair garages at gas stations close as repairs were not common. Hate to see it revert. Was not fun changing my clutch in driveway to save money twenty five years ago. Good luck now finding somebody who can do this for you.
 
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