Quote from: ChrissyRyan on August 05, 2025, 10:19:31 PMAI will cause more jobs losses than job gains.
Sure, there will be jobs created with the construction of AI data centers.
There will be some jobs created related to making superhuman inferential thinking work better.
I'm not convinced this is true.
As an Electronics Technician and working in the construction trades, many jobs are not obvious. Just building a data center involves architects and engineers, construction contractors (like plumbing, electrical, carpenters, drywall, painters, etc.). And that is just to get the building up.
Then you will have engineers designing the equipment, technicians installing it, and programmers to get it working. Then, after it is installed, there will be building maintenance, janitorial, office staff, IT workers, telecommunications techs, and administration personnel (like managers, secretaries, human resources, payroll/accounting, and maybe warehouse or security staff) to keep it operational. And that is just one building.
The work that AI is currently doing is mostly just a glorified search engine on steroids. It is a computer that sorts data and regurgitates it on demand. Currently, there are no humans doing this work. It is all being done by computers. Yes, there are the IT workers, telecom techs, programmers, and administration personnel, but AI will still require the same or similar support staff.
Eventually, in the future, AI will be able to run and program itself. But someone will still need to do repairs, maintain the power grid, and suggest new features that may become needed. That will require human power. The next evolution will be robots controlled by AI to do that work. Then robots to build and repair the robots.
When that happens, watch for the ultimate warning sign. The phrase: "SkyNet is Genesis."
If I ever see a robot that looks like Arnold Swartzenegger, I am going to freak out!
