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minus-squareherrcaptain@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoI’m betting AI will “fill the gaps” for a while until profits start to drop due to AI not being ready for primetime in most capacities. Then they’ll start hiring back real people to fix the damage for a few years before trying it all over again.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 months agoIf AI could do all the work of engineers, the engineers would be using it right now to do their job, while relaxing on the sofa and getting paid. I’m sure some enterprise jobs could be automated though. Stuff like filling in excel sheets with the same things every day.
I’m betting AI will “fill the gaps” for a while until profits start to drop due to AI not being ready for primetime in most capacities. Then they’ll start hiring back real people to fix the damage for a few years before trying it all over again.
If AI could do all the work of engineers, the engineers would be using it right now to do their job, while relaxing on the sofa and getting paid.
I’m sure some enterprise jobs could be automated though. Stuff like filling in excel sheets with the same things every day.