by Chris Black
All computer programmers, all journalists and writers, even most doctors and lawyers, are out of jobs.
College was always a goofy jerk-off. But being in college now is serious deck chairs on the Titanic type stuff.
Everything is going to be done by machines, so people will be obsolete for any task other than engaging with other people.
Right now, they’re using robots for brain surgery because it’s more efficient and safer. We haven’t even gotten into the “maximizing economic benefit” part of it yet.
Top surgeons are paid $1000 an hour.
The golden standard of the bachelor’s degree is in peril as artificial intelligence rapidly advances and employers seek workers who are well-versed in that technology.
“AI’s going to make it virtually impossible for a one-off moment of learning [like a degree] to last an entire career,” LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said this week at the Talent Connect Summit, a conference of the country’s 2,000 top recruiters.
As smart tech progresses, jobs will be expected to evolve, placing an emphasis on people skills rather than trade tasks that can be learned by a machine.