Will AI steal my job? Maybe – but here are some possible new opportunities
by James Ball from Technology | The Guardian on (#6DWHG)
The rise of AI will destroy jobs - but also create them. And if you didn't nab that 700,000 role at Netflix, there are plenty of new positions in the offing, many in surprising areas
The conversation about AI and the workplace is understandably dominated by the downsides - after decades of automation eliminating manufacturing jobs, people in the service sector are worried about being replaced by robots".
But every technological shift creates as well as destroys jobs. Artificial intelligence - at least in its current iteration, which uses large language datasets to create text, audio and video - is no different. What is, perhaps, surprising is the type of jobs it will create.
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