From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   Not sure I really believe that...   
      
      
      
   But, do imagine all of the "low hanging fruit" will disappear.   
   Which will likely include most entry level positions.   
      
   I don't think folks have thought this through, completely.  Entry   
   level jobs do more than bring folks up to speed on the technology   
   and their job rolls.  But, also, how an organization works and   
   expectations that must be met (even those that aren't spelled   
   out in an employee handbook).   
      
   I recall a company I worked for transitioning to JIT manufacturing.   
   EVERYONE went to training (even the line workers).  Because the   
   technology was a tiny part of the transformation -- the mindset   
   was the biggest hurdle to overcome.  "If you need an item in   
   3 hours, then EXPECT it in 3 hours (don't pad your requirement   
   to *4* hours!)"   
      
   I also see lots of PRACTICAL skill set deficiencies -- things   
   you can't teach  other than at *the* job (not *a* job).  E.g.,   
   you may not have access to the resources that you "need" at   
   the times you would LIKE to have them!  How do you dynamically   
   adjust your workload so you're not unproductive during those times?   
      
   Software folks will have it particularly hard because they likely   
   won't know the range of problems that they will have to address   
   and likely will have little application domain knowledge to ease the   
   way forward; if you can't tell a chatbot WHAT to write, then the   
   code it generates will be no better than what YOU would have written.   
      
   I imagine similar issues in other fields.  The "apprentice level"   
   will be elided and an emphasis on "journeymen" and "masters".   
   For them, AI will be a blessing as they won't have to rely on   
   inexperienced "apprentices" to do all the grunt work!  And,   
   spend their time looking for all the familiar problems that   
   will likely be in those "products".   
      
   This was paarticularly amusing:   
       "Seventy-four per cent of CIOs are either losing money or breaking even   
       on their AI investments."   
   So, maybe the CIOs are the first ones that should be replaced?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)