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Turbulent-Pea-8826 t1_jbhnov3 wrote

Tech is still where it’s at. AI can write code but someone has to know coding to ask for the code and to know if it’s right. AI will write the wrong code with the greatest of confidence. You can’t just get some AI to write some code and throw it out into production without testing and knowing if it will work.

We still don’t have (full on human)robots, so robotics will be huge while that catches up.

IT support. Users can’t even articulate what the issue is with their computer. “It’s broken” is all I can get out of them half the time. I had one guy accidentally close his app and he just kept saying the computer shut down. It was powered on, it never lost power he just closed his browser window somehow by accident.

So while AI will take some of the stress of front line IT Helpdesk support we still will need people to interpret the idiot users and change their printer ink for a while.

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Maleficent_Waltz_141 t1_jbiir4y wrote

I would argue that tech is a bit mixed as far as the future is concerned. Some data scientists and software engineers have used chatgpt to code and they all say that despite being wrong frequently, it makes coding easier and faster. This can potentially reduce both the number of jobs needed and the pay-grade (because the job is now easier). You can literally tell chatgpt that the code didnt work without any explanation and sometimes chatgpt will correct it with no issues. You can even vaguely describe whats wrong or copy-paste the error message, and chatgpt will fix the code. Hours of tearing through stackoverflow can be saved by simply asking AI. This is only the first public version too. Im willing to bet that chatgpt will become insanely good at coding in the near future. Traditional coding is definitely an area that AI will overtake.

Its also possible that AI will open new doors in tech that may either maintain its current state or grow it in further.

I do agree on robotics though. Robotics will become huge.

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fra_bia91 t1_jbisz0y wrote

Why do you think robotics will be huge?

I mean, it's an important field and it will continue to grow, but I don't see necessarily how AI is changing it. I can imagine that most people expect fully sentient, maybe even human-like, robots to start popping out any time soon, but I think that between the costs of robotics, and the cheaper labor given by AI, it's not particularly on my radar. Though for sure IoT will benefit from AI (not sure if you consider this as robotics too).

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Maleficent_Waltz_141 t1_jbjrxgx wrote

AI can make robots better at existing jobs. Currently robots of any kind (roombas, factory arms, childrens toys, etc) are all programed with specific tasks. AI has the potential to allow the robot to identify if something went wront or perform new tasks. It has potential for sure. I just dont when itll happen

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Iffykindofguy t1_jbjg93g wrote

Delusional. You say tech is where its at because the chatbots you speak to today spew out bad code. By the time someone goes and gets a degree in some tech field that wont be the case.

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Turbulent-Pea-8826 t1_jbjh8u0 wrote

You are delusional in thinking a non tech person can just tell a chatbot to build an entire, complex program from scratch without a technical person who can ensure it is correct.

Sure we may be there one day but by the time that happens we will be so far fucked that this entire conversation is meaningless. Either we have reworked our entire economy or we have descended into economic hell where no one earns money.

Technical jobs might be easier but they will still have to exist to oversee this whole process.

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Iffykindofguy t1_jbjhpdt wrote

Where did I say a non tech person could do that? I dont think all jobs will go away but for every 20 now there will be 1 in the future. And no it would be like 5-10 years from now based on current growth. Do you have any points that arent just based on your feelings?

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Turbulent-Pea-8826 t1_jbjih05 wrote

So let me make sure I understand you. You don’t think someone should go into tech yet you say a non tech person can’t code with AI? You are not being consistent.

This whole conversation is based on conjecture and speculation. You accuse me of only citing my feeling yet you have provided no evidence. Feel free to drop in some facts or citations to anything you said and stop being hypocritical.

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Iffykindofguy t1_jbjo8qf wrote

No, what are you talking about? Where are all the people in tech right now in your equation? Thats literally millions of people.

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I'm not the one making shit up. You are

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