NFR AI - How It Will Affect Jobs In The Next 5 years

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Having a hard time imagining dropping 150-200k for a college education when the major they study might be an obsolete field for employment 5-7 years after they graduate.
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That's a current reason why college should be looked at as more than a "jobs training program." The most important thing I learned in college didn't come from any specific class. It was more of a process that taught me to "learn how to learn." A college degree wasn't an end point, but rather the beginning of the process of planning what to do with my life. Question authority. Don't trust anyone over 30. Up the revolution! I learned that what I learned in college was only the beginning, not an apprenticeship in a jobs program.
 
Aside from the battle over integration, our schools weren't subject to the political social pressures of today, so there was uniform agreement on basic teaching curriculum with a nod to living functionally, whereas these days the disparate curriculum of the red-blue states reflect their respective social/political views.

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Wow, we went way off the original topic, but I think we agree there needs to be a course correction in our education systems.
AI might, might, be a useful tool in that, but right now as it is, too over hyped, too easily exploited, I'm not trusting it to even give me a pasta salad recipe.
 
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wanderingrichard said:
Wow, we went way off the original topic, but I think we agree there needs to be a course correction in our education systems.
AI might, be a useful tool in that, but right now as it is, too over hyped, too easily exploited, I'm not trusting it to even give me a pasta salad recipe.
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Actually, it has given me some very good recipe ideas.
I asked the other day, give me a recipe using chicken breast and limes.
Even my wife was impressed.
 
I find just typing whatever ingredients I am looking to use/ clear out / get rid of into a search engine and i get more recipes back than I figured.

Pretty handy...
 
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I find just typing whatever ingredients I am looking to use/ clear out / get rid of into a search engine and i get more recipes back than I figured.

Pretty handy...
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Typically also gives side dishes to pair with it.
So much easier than searching for recipes
 
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"Whereas the standard of living in 2026 offers higher wages then in 1970, this gain is heavily offset by a major decline in housing and higher education affordability, shifting the standard from a single-income baseline to a dual-income requirement"

"Nearly 23 percent of American workers work in low-wage jobs, compared with 17 percent in Britain, 11 percent in Japan and 5 percent in Italy. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate in the United States has not improved in half a century, with 11% of the population living in poverty in 2019, compared to 12% in 1970."

"The homeless population of the US in 1970 was estimated to be roughly 250K. Recent federal and structural tracking indicates the U.S. homeless population has reached record highs, with approximately 770K homeless"

"The United States military budget has increased more than tenfold in raw dollars since 1970, rising from $83.4 billion to over $1 trillion."

In other words, same as it ever was...
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Around 1970… Nixon opened up to the Chinese Communist Party for business… the decline started there.
 
Judge catches both sides using AI generated briefs (with hallucinated cases), cancels trial and sanctions lawyers.

Essentially, AI was arguing with itself on both sides of the case.

On another note, people are using AI to get legal advice. Bad idea. Unlike your conversations with your lawyer, your AI prompts are "discoverable" and not privileged.

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Judge Punishes 4 Lawyers After Catching Both Sides Using A.I. in Lawsuit

The federal judge in Mississippi also imposed fines and canceled the civil trial, removing all four lawyers from the case.
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Wow, we went way off the original topic, but I think we agree there needs to be a course correction in our education systems.
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"The global AI market will be worth $136.79 billion by 2035. 30% of K-12 students use AI tools at least once per day. 53% of K-12 students use AI for help with homework, while 51% of university students use AI to save time. 59% of students agree that the way they're assessed is changing due to generative AI.May 12, 2026"

"Teachers are turning to AI tools and platforms — such as ChatGPT, Writable, Grammarly and EssayGrader — to assist with grading papers, writing feedback, developing lesson plans and creating assignments. They’re also using the burgeoning tools to create quizzes, polls, videos and interactives to up the ante” for what’s expected in the classroom."

battle of the classroom AI's...students AI vs teachers AI.
 
I see more and more news articles about schools pulling their students away from mass use of computers, in some instances pulling them out of classrooms entirely.

I'm no adherent of John Ludd, though i do prefer trailing edge technology, but this insane rush to push a digital product that truly isn't ready for responsible roll out onto the public just because a somewhat near peer competitor country or business got there first is idiocy.
I'm starting to see why Dr. Gebru had such a problem at Google.
 
AI deployment will not grow as fast as it could due to fewer data centers and the public's attitude against them. NIMBY...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Bill Gates to Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and every other company building data center in the US: Communities will not accept data centers that... - The Times of India

The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, Health & Fitness news & opinions from leading columnists.
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Zak said:
Yet. Wait for the Plumbot2000 robot paired with AI.
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Thing is, people say AI can’t fix your plumbing or wire your house.
They are not thinking it through.
Robotics will eventually do those things, not the AI generally talked about.
I read an article from a national plumbing association on how they are working to incorporate robotics into plumbing work.
Like they said, currently, no, a robot can’t fix your plumbing because people want personal conversations with another person. But systems are being developed that a robot with specfic “AI” can tap into, locate the problem, solve it.
 
Robotics is coming, it's getting a real foothold in agriculture already.
Spraying, planting, fertilizing, weeding...
There's not much they won't be able to do eventually.
 
Now that it is starting to become wide spread accepted FACT that many of the places you visited as a child were in fact AI GENERATED!!!! Talkin landmarks, cities, even stores. All these places likely soon to be proven It Was All Just AI GENERATED!!!!! Dominating the Tech Picture!! Raking it innon various backroom Deals in the consumer electronics market landscape. If HEAVILY INVESTED in these market landscapes you did well. Went out bought the RV that year!! That's right, ahh great vehicle. Believe we also put the bathroom tile in that August what was it going for then Jim I don't know think he he sold for 10 under. Visited several AI GENERATED LANDSCAPES in that RV.
 
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