It seems like many people feel two opposing ways about AI: either AI is "meh, kind of basic" (even ChatGPT or Dall-E!); or that they're so good it's becoming some kind of existential threat to jobs / careers, purpose, etc.
There was a time when flip-phones were peak consumer tech, then 10 years went by and we all suddenly had touch-screen pocket computers.
Well, right now we're in the "flip-phone" era of AI. In 10 years from now, mark this prediction: nearly everyone will have an AI counterpart that is trained and unique to each individual.
Nobody is being threatened; everyone's baseline is simply being leveled up. People who have no experience in a field will suddenly be enabled to operate in that field alone. Meanwhile, people who already had experience in that field will now be even more effective and efficient. Therefore, professionals still exist.
In other words, for skill levels, "level 100" becomes the new level 1, and "level 100,000" becomes the new level 100.
As an aside, internet search will become largely deprecated as our AI become conversational human interfaces to access all the information we need.
There was a time when flip-phones were peak consumer tech, then 10 years went by and we all suddenly had touch-screen pocket computers.
Well, right now we're in the "flip-phone" era of AI. In 10 years from now, mark this prediction: nearly everyone will have an AI counterpart that is trained and unique to each individual.
Nobody is being threatened; everyone's baseline is simply being leveled up. People who have no experience in a field will suddenly be enabled to operate in that field alone. Meanwhile, people who already had experience in that field will now be even more effective and efficient. Therefore, professionals still exist.
In other words, for skill levels, "level 100" becomes the new level 1, and "level 100,000" becomes the new level 100.
As an aside, internet search will become largely deprecated as our AI become conversational human interfaces to access all the information we need.