Current AI is not a threat to our workforce, it’s an improvement. Workers can work side by with the software, with the software handling more of the mundane tasks. The real threat is the direction AI is heading.
If we place human intelligence into AI, and allow AI vehicles to replace transportation workers and allow machines to replace customer service jobs including waiting and front-desk positions, the rate at which the jobs are replaced will be too fast for us manage. AI threatens all job fields, white or blue collar. Time needs to be set aside to figure out how to manage the transition before the changes take place. We cannot afford to release this technology without first accommodating for what it will cause.
While some solutions involve handing out a living wage to workers who lose their jobs to AI, it will only lead to more unrest between the economic classes. The people who are working won’t want to be taxed to pay for non-workers, and non-workers won’t want to be forced to be jobless because they don’t have coding knowledge or the ability to learn such sophisticated languages. The technological advances are amazing and will lead to a greater society. We just need to manage the situation instead of rushing into such a drastic change. As technology students, we cannot disregard all other fields of study. AI may benefit workers in our field of study, but the careers it could crumble for other families is devastating. If all this isn’t motivation enough, AI also aims to replace computer field careers too. AI is learning how to program. Once it does, where will we have left to work? AI would perform its own maintenance the same way automation tools fix other automation tools.
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