What the hell are we supposed to use, man, harsh language?
Of course, a slightly out of context quote from the movie Aliens. The words are triggered when vital ammunition is taken away from marines who are in a hostile and threatening environment.
At the end of the day, it is clear that a tremendous value from AI is derived from its integration into daily workflows and into common everyday activities. The Future of Jobs report from the World Economic Forum mentioned in a previous post acknowledges that over the time period of 2023-2027, the fastest declining roles in the labor force will be clerical or secretarial roles, with Bank Tellers and Related Clerks, Postal Service Clerks, Cashiers and Ticket Clerks, and Data Entry Clerks expected to decline fastest.
I think that confining the job disruption conversation primarily to clerical and administrative roles is too simplistic. The generative power that is being rolled out through AI tools today is starting a tremendous knee-jerk reaction to replace even creative and insight driven roles with AI applications. Roles that relied on listening, interpreting and then delivering an end product based on inputs are being. replaced by what can basically be referred to as trial and error models that still deliver acceptable results faster. I think the pendulum may swing very far in eliminating or radically modifying human roles before the true impact of those changes can be absorbed by economies.
So the dilemma isn’t AI taking over the world in the next 5 years. The dilemma is a radical restructuring of business models, processes and systems that eliminate a critical human aspect before economies, countries and society as a whole are ready for those changes.
Then what happens next?
We start by using harsh language.
