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Two-thirds of Americans say AI could do their job
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I'm not American but I guarantee an AI could do over 95% of my job (techops/devops datacenter). It's only a matter of time until the upper pencil pushers realise this as well.
As an aside, I know my future isn't in IT anymore, looking for an exit atm.
About the only jobs I believe to be AI-resistant are trade jobs. Until robotics catches up with AI (in regards to how capable it is in replacing humans) there won't be much use for AI in the trades except maybe as a reference tool. That would still lower the pay of the job (little skill required, just ask the AI what to do next) but at least AI can't actually do the thing because you can't digitize the flow of water or the laying of tiles.
Research is also fairly AI resistant. You need people coming up with ideas and be able to verify anything AI says, and conduct thorough experiments.
Ever heard of robots? You can't make the real world digital but you can certainly give computers access to the physical world.
I feel like exit from IT is the wrong move tbh. Senior workers will reap the rewards it's the newbies who are getting into IT now are potentially in trouble.
There will be new job possibilities and niches and AI will just empower people. Suddenly one person can launch and grow a startup which tbh not really possible today even if you're a straight up genius. Problems will be solved faster and competition will drastically raise the quality of all software.
Maybe, but I'm already getting on in years and my expertise is mediocre at best. I'm by no means intelligent enough to figure out LLM's myself so I need to be able to sidestep that gaping hole in my experience/future. I mean, I'm 40 years old and still doing support (for 15+ years now). If I could've escaped the helpdesk I probably would have by now. Besides, my heart's not in it anymore. I used to be very excited about new technologies and developments and now I just feel like a boomer who can't keep up with the younger generations anymore.
Nah, it's time for this old dog to find another stomping grounds. I can feel my time nearing its end (career-wise).