The impact of AI on jobs

[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.

[89th]

I have a super duper widescreen monitor, and enjoy having "a single screen", but I'm thinking maybe it would be smart to get a vertical monitor to just be my AI slave.

[Doctor Phibes]

"Write me an amusing post that I could share on "The New Coffee Room" website":

Post:
You know you’ve reached peak coffee dependency when your morning routine looks like this:

Step 1: Wake up.
Step 2: Question all life choices.
Step 3: Whisper to the coffee machine like it’s your therapist: >“You’re the only one who understands me.”
Step 4: Drink coffee. Suddenly, spreadsheets look like art and meetings sound like TED Talks.

I’m starting to think my coffee mug deserves an employee badge at this point. Anyone else feel like their caffeine intake should count as a skill on LinkedIn?

Oh, my sides.

I could also post it as a meme, but I'm not going to as the hilarity that would ensue could be dangerous for some of our more sensitive membership on a Friday.

[Mik]

No one likes a funny computer.

[Axtremus]

Yeah ... I prefer my computer cool and exacting.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Axtremus said in The impact of AI on jobs:

Yeah ... I prefer my computer cool and exacting.

Like a cucumber?

[jon-nyc]

That’s about 20% of their workforce.

[LuFins Dad]

[Axtremus]

Plumbing school started winning in 2025:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/31/labor-market-gap-trade-workers-white-collar/

The unemployment gap between workers with bachelor’s degrees and those with occupational associate’s degrees — such as plumbers, electricians and pipe fitters — flipped in 2025, leaving trade workers with a slight edge for six months out of the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s the first time trade workers have had a leg up since the BLS started tracking this data in the 1990s.