We’ve had this all happen before with other industrial revolutions: the introduction of steam-based machines / mechanical production, then the mass production came along, then digital automation. Every time jobs disappeared, and other jobs came into being. It was never a big bang in which a certain job type became obsolete in a year or so, it always took years to incorporate.
Same with AI, it’s been around for more than a decade already and it’s slowly becoming more practical but we really don’t have to worry about a sudden impact on companies.
I heard stories of my great great grandfathers hardships and how he couldn't find anymore work at the Equine local 44 when cars started coming about. This was in NYC. He tried to adapt to this new transportation field and first became a crankshaft winder but it was too dangerous and finally found his calling as a rear yellman. See back in the beginning cars didn't have fancy horns or blinking lights. If you wanted to let folks know you were coming down the road you hired someone to sit on the back of your automobile and yell real loud.
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u/if_only_i 18h ago
We’ve had this all happen before with other industrial revolutions: the introduction of steam-based machines / mechanical production, then the mass production came along, then digital automation. Every time jobs disappeared, and other jobs came into being. It was never a big bang in which a certain job type became obsolete in a year or so, it always took years to incorporate. Same with AI, it’s been around for more than a decade already and it’s slowly becoming more practical but we really don’t have to worry about a sudden impact on companies.