CypherLH t1_iykeebt wrote on December 2, 2022 at 1:17 AM

Reply to comment by ziplock9000 in Is my career soon to be nonexistent? by apyrexvision

All call center and Tier 1 customer support and technical support roles are going to be automated before 2030. Possibly well before, but figure 2030 is the conservative estimate. Probably the same is true for most entry level and lower-end IT work in general. For Tier 2 and higher stuff, you'll have less people being able to do a lot more, so the number of jobs will probably drop by 80% or more by 2030-ish. This will show up over time as less new hires, less replacing people who cycle out, upticks in downsizing or encouraging early retirement, etc. Each wave of job cuts will be followed by fewer replacements during the next hiring surge, etc.

ziplock9000 t1_iykf6v0 wrote on December 2, 2022 at 1:23 AM

Structural engineers, architects, graphics designers, artists, game level designers, journalists, comedians, poets, voice actors, actors. All will be mostly gone.

..and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I think we'll start to see that happening in 2023 as game artists are already being replaced by online AI solutions at the lower end.

They need to get AI to produce the safety net FIRST or humanity is fooked.

AvgAIbot t1_iyklvem wrote on December 2, 2022 at 2:15 AM

What career path(s) are you thinking about pursuing, knowing all the job cuts will happen within the next 10 years?

ziplock9000 t1_iykmqlr wrote on December 2, 2022 at 2:22 AM

I've been an SE for coming up to almost 30 years now, I did branch out into photography a decade ago as a side job, but that just doesn't consistently bring the money in.

To answer your question. I have no idea, it's too late for me. Both of those will be taken over by AI and partially have already.