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  • AxtremusA Axtremus

    @jon-nyc said in The impact of AI on jobs:

    I am starting to worry about my son who will graduate from college in 6 years.

    I tell youngsters to consider plumbing school as backup plan. I am thinking it will be much harder for AI to replace plumbers.

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    jon-nyc
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    @Axtremus said in The impact of AI on jobs:

    @jon-nyc said in The impact of AI on jobs:

    I am starting to worry about my son who will graduate from college in 6 years.

    I tell youngsters to consider plumbing school as backup plan. I am thinking it will be much harder for AI to replace plumbers.

    Are you telling your own kids that?

    My son could survive off his inheritances I suppose. Especially given what AGI will do to the stock market.

    “In the 25 years that I served in the United States Congress, Republicans never, ever, one time agreed on what a health care proposal should look like. Not once.”

    • Former Speaker of the House John Boehner
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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #29

      I bet Ax does not choose that question to break his decades long seal against talking about personal stuff.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • MikM Away
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        Mik
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        I think my daughter will be fine. AI can develop project plans, but it can't be a butt kicker, which every successful project manager is.

        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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          89th
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          Sorry to break it to you Mik:

          https://www.vice.com/en/article/ever-wish-there-was-a-machine-for-kicking-people-in-the-ass-well/

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          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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            Doctor Phibes
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            #32

            If all the butts belong to robots, what better kicker than a machine?

            I was only joking

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              jon-nyc
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              #33

              Best comment: Akshually its tensor maths of which vectors are just a special case

              “In the 25 years that I served in the United States Congress, Republicans never, ever, one time agreed on what a health care proposal should look like. Not once.”

              • Former Speaker of the House John Boehner
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              • HoraceH Offline
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                I wrote a description of something I was doing yesterday, to some coworkers. I pasted a paragraph of it into chatgpt, to see what sense it could make of it.

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                It understood it perfectly, gave perfectly reasonable advice. This is not advanced stuff, but the level of this conversation, based on my experience, will lose most people allegedly "skilled in the art", but now anybody can get accurate and clear headed explanations of technical stuff, in presumably most realms of human knowledge.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • MikM Away
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                  Mik
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                  #35

                  That's how I use it and it excels 90% of the time. It distills the subject down to what you really need to know.

                  "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                  • AxtremusA Offline
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                    See, plumbing school FTW!

                    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-cant-install-an-hvac-system-why-gen-z-is-flocking-to-jobs-in-the-trades-171735856.html

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                      AndyD
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                      Back in 1980 when I read Sociology, we studied some Keynes, Schumacher. Reduced working hours, and 3 day working weeks appeared to be in my future.
                      Oh yeah, and flying cars for all were predicted.

                      It'll happen, eventually.

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                        https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/08/07/microsoft-reveals-the-most-and-least-ai-safe-jobs-where-do-you-rank/

                        Most Vulnerable
                        Interpreters and Translators
                        Historians
                        Passenger Attendants
                        Sales Representatives of Services
                        Writers and Authors
                        Customer Service Representatives
                        CNC Tool Programmers
                        Telephone Operators
                        Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
                        Broadcast Announcers and Radio DJs

                        Least Vulnerable
                        Phlebotomists
                        Nursing Assistants
                        Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
                        Helpers—Painters, Plasterers, etc.
                        Embalmers
                        Plant and System Operators, All Other
                        Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
                        Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
                        Ship Engineers
                        Tire Repairers and Changers

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                        • AxtremusA Offline
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                          Axtremus
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                          Plumbing school Escalator and elevator tech training FTW!

                          https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/09/high-paying-jobs-no-college-degree/87128956007/

                          "Blue collar is in. 10 high-paying jobs that don't require a degree."

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                            LuFins Dad
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                            That’s as startling of news as saying it gets darker earlier in November… Stunning! We had no idea! It’s only been brought up 2345 times on this forum.

                            The Brad

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                            • jon-nycJ Online
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                              jon-nyc
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                              Yeah but I have a fully funded 529 so I might as well send him to college.

                              “In the 25 years that I served in the United States Congress, Republicans never, ever, one time agreed on what a health care proposal should look like. Not once.”

                              • Former Speaker of the House John Boehner
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                              • MikM Away
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                                Mik
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                                It doesn’t mean higher education is obsolete. It just means one should have a practical focus to their chosen course of study.

                                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                • MikM Mik

                                  It doesn’t mean higher education is obsolete. It just means one should have a practical focus to their chosen course of study.

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                                  @Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

                                  It doesn’t mean higher education is obsolete. It just means one should have a practical focus to their chosen course of study.

                                  What Mik said. Luke picked anesthesia because there’s still going to need to be a hands on element to it, even if it’s just monitoring the tech, and being the human comgorting figure for the patient..:

                                  The Brad

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                                  • MikM Away
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                                    Learn to code using AI...

                                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

                                    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      Learn to code using AI...

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

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                                      @Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

                                      Learn to code using AI...

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

                                      The people giving out this kind advice always seem to assume that everybody can do this stuff, as well as having the technology access and motivation.

                                      I was only joking

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                                        Even I’m surprised at how fast software developers I work with have adopted AI to jump start their projects. It’s remarkable. So I am remarking.

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

                                          Learn to code using AI...

                                          https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

                                          The people giving out this kind advice always seem to assume that everybody can do this stuff, as well as having the technology access and motivation.

                                          MikM Away
                                          MikM Away
                                          Mik
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                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in The impact of AI on jobs:

                                          @Mik said in The impact of AI on jobs:

                                          Learn to code using AI...

                                          https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-brain-founder-andrew-ng-says-everyone-should-still-learn-to-code-but-not-the-old-way/ar-AA1QbYnq

                                          The people giving out this kind advice always seem to assume that everybody can do this stuff, as well as having the technology access and motivation.

                                          I think pretty much any reasonably intelligent person can.

                                          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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