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VeeTheBee86 t1_j4y4r21 wrote

Reply to comment by point_breeze69 in In first act as governor, Josh Shapiro opens Pa. jobs to people without college degrees by OhmyMary

Eh, it’ll hit plenty of trade jobs, too. Trucking companies are already beginning to use AI driven vehicles, and 3D printing will definitely put a dent in construction eventually. I work in automation installation, and it’s definitely coming for all of us. I agree college is overpriced for what it’s providing now, but nobody should be getting too comfortable with what technology is bringing down the line.

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point_breeze69 t1_j4ydpie wrote

Yea I agree. It’s just surprising that doctors, architects and lawyers are going to be automated before plumbers.

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VeeTheBee86 t1_j51zaqm wrote

I don’t think it’s as surprising when you think about how they developed the tech — literally programmed it by scraping the words and work of human beings available on the internet. It’s likely going to hit a copyright battle before too long, though, because ChatGPT sometimes pulls word for word from certain books. (We’ll see how that goes, especially if it hits a big writer or company.) Plumbing and other labor require more fine detail maneuvering, so that’s going to lag as the robotics improve. That’s the only thing staving off a very real work crunch, IMO.

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