The impact of AI on jobs

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

By the way I put this in the pinned threads on the off chance this is going to be a relevant topic of discussion over time.

[89th]

AI is a supersonic tsunami, as Elon says.

[jon-nyc]

Tyler Cowen was on Odd Lots today. He’s unconcerned about overall employment with AI, thinks it’ll be like other technology revolutions where some jobs are destroyed by more are created.

He does think there are winners and losers. Super rich and poor will be fine. Upper upper middle class (his words) like lawyers and consultants will lose.

[Doctor Phibes]

The super rich are always going to be fine unless we get into some kind of Robespierre scenario.

[89th]

I had a coworker today who said Gemini 3 gave him the exact treatment plan for his sick cat that took 2 visits and $1000 earlier this month.

Vets.

[89th]

Also I think I can flag today, Nov 20, as the day where I might be late to the party, but am implementing AI in my workflow. I have Gemini 3 up on my screen and have been using it today. For example, I had an excel file with a list of people and a very random list of certifications for each person, some including the date, some including an abbreviation, etc.... I asked it to give me a clean standardized list of certifications and then map it to each person. So a few minutes later, I have a clean list of certifications (using official industry names) associated with each person. Incredible.

[jon-nyc]

I don’t even have a real job and I’ve been using it for maybe two years

[89th]

I think @Horace's ChatGPT summaries here have scared me away. I never want to be like Horace.

[Mik]

Once you get a sense of what it can do there’s really no going back.