AI Won’t Destroy All (or Even Most) of our Jobs!
My recent post on the utility of AI has led to a lot of folks messaging or commenting to ask me about my view of the impact of AI on jobs. For a number of reasons, I’m inclined to think that while AI will lead to a huge change in the kinds of jobs we have, it will not eliminate the majority let alone most jobs, even for those who work mostly with our minds and the usual tools—that is, the computers and printers that replaced the last set of tools these workers used: typewriters, ledger books, and legal pads. Why Human Beings Will Remain Central to Higher-Level and Especially Creative Work First, as my post pointed out, the usefulness of AI is very much dependent on the human questions we bring to it, which in turn rely on our knowledge of some field. AI may replace some lower-level work… Continue reading