Overview
Lecture primarily talks about technology, AI, robots, and more will eventually overtake many in the next 10 years+. Spoken about in 2021, this guy knows ball. Only a few years later, the artificial intelligence revolution started, sparking debates over the exact topics he has spoken about in the lecture. And for the most part, I agree with him on his takes about how jobs will reflect off of the innovation and efficiency that artificial intelligence will bring. For example, he mentioned that he thinks losing jobs is not the most important issue, but rather filling future roles and preparing for that now. There will be businesses and jobs that we had never thought of that will exist in just a few years.
Machine Innovation
Just like in the industrial revolution, there are plenty of machines that were created to do things that people previously did for jobs, but significantly more efficiently. However, just because these machines took a lot of the factory jobs, it did not result in massive unemployment forever. Instead, new jobs were created off of innovations and new industries that popped up, including jobs to man these machines. This is how it will be even with new technological innovations that may take current jobs. With new AI models and machine learning, many of the tedious tasks that people currently do for work will be phased out. Now something that had to be done by people can be done efficiently and quickly by AI, which is all part of that same efficient innovation which led to the industrial revolution. For the future, it should be taught to utilize AI for efficient task completion. These are not just monotonous job replacers, but also useful tools for anyone to use.
Human Distinction
Humans are highly intellectual and are able to tell things apart that robots cannot. This is a fact, which is why people should emphasize learning things that cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence. Eventually, I think artificial intelligence will be able to perform high tier human tasks, like the picking apart objects on a conveyer belt example. However, this is not something that can currently be done, and is considered a human task. But I'm thinking larger. Human tasks also consider emotional intelligence, complexity, community, trends, and creativity. Not everyone likes AI created things because it does not feel human made, it has a distinct lack of human feel. As a result, there will always be a place for human made things, such as art, photography, marketing, and more. Though AI can already create art, photos, marketing videos and campaigns, we've seen that people end up preferring actual human made things because it speaks more closely to people. We can see the effort that was made and can respect it even more. Moving along, other human tasks that are less likely to be replaced by AI are ones that could involve complex situations, like teachers, therapists, doctors, anyone of that sort. Highly technical problem solving situations, like tradesmen, will also be difficult to replace. As a result, I agree with the lecture in thinking about going to school for an option that will not be likely to be replaced by AI. If not replaced, make sure you adapt in the climate that occurs within the job markets.
Job Future
There will be jobs that you have no idea would have existed in the present. This happens with any innovation or new market that occurs. Just like how the younger generation grew up with new technology, the older generation did not have this and was not able to learn it as quickly, or at least most of the older generation. As a result, the generation that has had tech around ever since conception is likely to be well adapted and technologically savvy compared to the older generation that did not have it. Believe it or not, it will be the same way for the younger generation when they become older, and their kids grow up with technology that we never had. Adapting is highly important within an ever evolving tech space that will change the world with its everchanging innovation.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship will always persist, and the new start-ups that do well will be using the most up to date technology, if not creating their own. Entrepreneurs cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence purely due to the fact that it involves every major thing that AI is bad it. Starting a business requires creativity, complex problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and more. I do think that AI can help lead the way in terms of a first step of solving a problem if someone is stuck in a certain predicament, however the fact is that people are the ones that created artificial intelligence, and will be able to harness it for their own good. As a result, entrepreneurship will persist, and will change as necessary in the new world of artificial intelligence.
