Artificial intelligence will not take your job (yet)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making waves everywhere—from healthcare to art—and everyone’s freaking out. As machines get smarter, the fear that AI will replace us is growing.

But honestly? AI is not going to take your job anytime soon. And because I’m tired of hearing this doomsday prophecy, let me explain why.

AI is Clumsy AF

Right now, AI is basically a high school student who skimmed the textbook five minutes before the exam.

Sure, you’ve seen AIs create images, write text, and chat. But have you really tested them?

ChatGPT answering 42 is a prime number

No, ChatGPT. 42 is not a prime number.

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If you have, you know AI is clumsy. It hallucinates. It makes stuff up. It says 42 is a prime number. It draws hands with seven fingers. It’s confident, but often confidently wrong.

AI Needs a Babysitter

The reason for these face-palm moments is that AI doesn’t “know” anything. It just predicts the next word or pixel based on probability. When uncertainty is high, it guesses. And it guesses wrong.

AI isn’t a replacement; it’s a tool. It needs human oversight. It needs someone to say, “Hey, maybe don’t hire this person based on a biased algorithm.”

New Jobs, New Opportunities

Instead of fearing AI, we should leverage it. AI is perfect for the rough draft, the initial sketch, the brainstorming session. But it takes a human to polish it into something real.

Thanks to AI, I created a cool drawing with Midjourney and animated it in minutes. I’m not an artist/animator, but AI gave me a superpower.

I believe AI will lower the barrier to entry for creators. It allows us to start projects we never thought possible.

As AI automates the boring stuff, we can focus on innovation. Jobs will evolve. We’ll need people to build, maintain, and ethical-check these systems.

The “Plateau”

If you’re not in the industry, you might think AI is advancing at light speed. But honestly? We’re kind of just throwing more compute at the same old models.

Increment of the number of parameters per year (log scale)

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I suspect this brute-force approach isn’t sustainable forever. Eventually, we’ll hit a wall where throwing more parameters at the problem yields diminishing returns. We’ll likely settle for simpler, more efficient models that assist us rather than replace us.

The Future

AI is advancing, but your job is safe (for now). It’s still in its infancy.

The future of AI is uncertain, but it’s definitely going to be an indispensable tool. It will change how we work, sure. Some roles might disappear, but new ones will emerge. And that dystopian future where robots do everything? It’s a lot further away than the hype cycle wants you to believe.

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