supermegaampharos t1_isr0juq wrote on October 18, 2022 at 1:37 AM

You should listen to what these subject matter experts have to say before immediately attempting to refute them.

I'm not an artist, for example, and I know almost nothing about art. When an artist tells me about what their work is like, I listen to what they have to say because I don't know any better. If an artist tells you their job isn't as automatable as you think, that's worth listening to and digesting. They might ultimately be incorrect, but their perspective is value and can help you form a fuller picture of what the future of their industry will look like.

Bierculles t1_iss5frk wrote on October 18, 2022 at 9:04 AM

The artists could be the people who use the AI, making an AI do what you actually want is a lot harder than it looks, especially if you need something specific.

kmtrp OP t1_isvicfb wrote on October 19, 2022 at 12:22 AM

I am an expert on this subject matter, and know what's easily automatable and what's not. And very soon 9 out of 10 programmers, who focus mostly on implementing features, squashing bugs, etc., will be completely superfluous.

That 90% of people with generally high paying jobs are completely oblivious to the fact that a freight train is about to ram them and I can't believe the denial and self delusion of most of those. It's insane.

And people tend to overvalue what they do, and truly believe they are unexpendable and very often they are not, so be careful with an expert's opinion on themselves too.

supermegaampharos t1_isw2ot1 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:55 AM

>I am an expert on this subject matter, and know what's easily automatable and what's not.

You might be a SME for automation, but that doesn't mean you're a SME for art.

My point was that other people have knowledge and expertise you don't. That means you should be having a conversation with them, not condescendingly lecturing them about what the future of their own field is like.

You might be 100% correct that the person you're speaking to will be automated out of a job in 10 years, but given how you describe these people as "overvaluing" themselves and "being in denial", you're likely talking at them about automation, not to them. Of course somebody would be on the defensive when you enter a conversation assuming you know the future of their life's work and believe they overvalue themselves.

kmtrp OP t1_it06cxa wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:44 PM

Like I said, the people I was talking about work in my field of expertise. I know all the minutiae they know and they are in complete denial, most of them not all. They can't see it yet but it's going to hit like a ton of bricks.