AI Will Take Billions of Jobs by 2030: How Can You Get Ready?

[@calvingrondahl1011]

I was blessed to keep my cartooning career going from 1974 to 2014. AI is already a better artist than me. I will be dead soon so good luck with your future.

[@Crawdaddy_Ro]

Lmao that's the best comment!! Good luck, guys! I'm out!

[@rockapedra1130]

Bit of gallows humor but I liked it. Hehe.

[@maddumass]

When I look at the cartoon pages I see the cartoonist's butt holes (mostly) cause while we suffered under narcissists you had the income and fame from drawing a few panels a day

[@mikeohawk95]

Also no thanks to discrimination against inefficiency , but we will keep up the fight and secure jobs like your cartooning works, and maybe neural helmet revamp the humans rights to cartoonist artist works too

[@jcrockett870]

I don't buy it. If I copy a famous artist, we call it fake. Would AI art also be fake?

[@mike_oflynn]

How does the removal of a billion jobs lead to abundance? If 60% of what you do can be automated, surely the corporates will only want to pay you for the 40% that you continue to do. Large companies are not known for their generosity and largesse.

[@DrZacksCafe]

Agreed. It reminds me of all the promises of lower prices and Jetsons work weeks that neoliberalism was supposed to usher in.

[@jcrockett870]

@@mike_oflynn they will call it increased productivity...

[@mike_oflynn]

@@jcrockett870 maybe it is. One of the reasons why the UK economy is in free fall is lack of growth in productivity. So you might have a point

[@vicky26pen]

I have no hope on humanity ever using AI for anything good.

[@A.I.Silicate]

I think humanity will use it for good but, it is concerning to see what bad it will be used for too. It always boils down to human moralesdrand ethics.

[@aisle_of_view]

Totally agree. Companies can't wait to do this. Question is, who will buy their products if nobody is working?

[@lorenzodossantos1111]

UBI. The real question is how does a UBI maintain value? Robots will be taxed.

[@cfjlkfsjf]

@@lorenzodossantos1111 Reddit is full of doomers saying no UBI so we will die off by the billions LMAO!

[@szlagtrafi9115]

@@lorenzodossantos1111 There will be a whole department of AI machines that will count how much UBI money you should get. So that money doesn't lose its value. But the question is: will it be even money that is distributed among the poor (and we all will be poor, considering)? More probably it is coupons that will be distributed. And coupons will be strictly controlled. Like you won't be able to buy vodka with them...

[@platinumfalconm3891]

"who will buy their products if nobody is working?" That question is based on a false premise. It contains the assumption that their final goal is money.

[@EdenSignal]

​@@lorenzodossantos1111a mint and burn process, with expiry dates.

[@7silvermetals]

I was literally a caveman selling meat out of the back of my truck until 2021. The pandemic forced me out of business so I found a high-tech modern office job selling precious metals from the 65th floor of a skyscraper! Since then I have evolved into the B2B SaaS world and I am extremely interested in AI. Thank you for your very insightful videos Julia! I would love a chance to be on your sales team.

[@michaelzero5144]

It’s very scary when it come to jobs. White collar job gone so no need for office buildings and everything in the building. No people to support the people working as cleaning, retail, food, construction, and list goes on and on. No pens, office chairs, urinal cakes, soap, towels, and no computers, copier’s, restaurants, waiters, cooks it’s terrible. I think we will figure it out but the people caught in the change will be lost and broke.

[@AIDreamsForever]

During the last couple of decades there has been so many global concerns about climate change, financial crisis, terrorist attacks, a pandemic, an actual ongoing war in Europe with threats of using nukes, refugee crisis, political polarization, populism etc. There is almost no end to the misery. But then there is AI, the hope of abundance, UBI and great advances in human longevity and wellbeing. Enjoying the positive vibes from this channel. Let's hope for a good outcome from this upcoming AI-revolution.

[@honkytonk4465]

Populism is a good thing

[@derekk2708]

Or maybe the bringer of the worst 'Crisis' of them all ...

[@rtee8904]

You think UBI is a good thing ? Make any wrong move and it will be cut off leaving you in hardship, UBI is a control mechanism, obey and comply otherwise it will be cut, the perfect tool to control the masses and ensure there is no dissent.

[@garrygrant2394]

Its nice to be optimistic but realistically this transition will be very painful. If we get through it I believe the world could be a much better place but the near future won't be fun for many. Kids are still being taught as if its 1995 and our governments are completely unprepared for this AI future.

[@Gav766ÿt66]

Well said

[@theterminaldave]

I already follow AI Explained, Matt Wolfe, and Wes Roth. Happy to have found this channel to add in for the perspective of AI affecting society and work. (Can one exist without the other?) After watching book titles being shared and scientific papers being quoted I was sold. Currently trying to figure out where to pivot my career to get in front of this, as I know the writing is on the wall for administrative assistant, project manager, tech jack-of-all-trades people.

[@rwalper]

I find the idea of a new job absolutely abhorrent. I don't want a new job, I want no job at all. Let the machines and AI do all the work.

[@ltdees2362]

So, if you have no job, who would you rely on to pay for the toilet paper to wipe your ass ?!

[@maddumass]

Conservatives with conserve government help even when doctors and lawyers can't find work. So there's gonna be a lot of educated bums.

[@keny220]

So you think AI will continue working for you all your life?? Sooner than later you will realize how irrelevant and useless you are after AI takeover! Ultimately we are ceding control of Earth....without battle.....to an Alien Civilization that has been lurking in the shadows.

[@kuchbhi8363]

Best option! despair from society. and be monk ?😂 @@ltdees2362

[@CryptoBinary01]

@ltdees2362 The governments have to create funding programs to pay as the ai and robotics was created to serve human beings not to slavery them for instance of have world humanoid robots cabable to do the majority of white or yellow work to generate reasonable products from the cost side and hight quality end products to be able to compete with Chinese products for example then the human factor will be useless which can lead to destructive result for the society pyramid it will create gap between generations as the younger people will not be able to marry and give new generation which are the minds who can develop ai at the human is the most important factor Ai should be only tool no more it's government responsibility

[@GrumpDog]

Sure, "upskilling" is great advice.. For those who can pull it off, and those of us who're passionate enough to research and find videos like this. But it's not advice that's going to help the majority of people get through these next difficult years. 1 Person, working with AI agents, could potentially replace 100s of jobs. Great if you're that 1 person at a company, who managed to learn enough about AI fast enough, to replace all their coworkers, not great for the rest of them. These companies aren't going to magically increase their scale 100 fold, and add back enough jobs to reemploy all those people. I have no idea what to tell my family members, who have no interest in upskilling to use AI, some of them even actively hate the idea. As I see things, the only real option is to start demanding a UBI or AI Dividend, immediately, so that all these people won't lose everything they've built. Focusing on upskilling myself alone, while others struggle, just feels greedy, like "I've got mine, who cares bout them" sorta logic.. The only ethical option I see, is to get people to realize what's coming, ahead of it enough that we can pass Basic Income.

[@totoroben]

Amen, make sure we can prosper together and know that better models for society can exist.

[@cosmicllama6910]

Even if we can collectively agree that a utopia where all work is automated would be great, I think the biggest problem is that the %1 are never going to let it happen. They already call the rest of humanity "useless eaters". Once they can automate most work, they will start cutting down on the w0rld p0pulat1on. The %1 will never get behind the idea of supporting and funding humanity to all follow our dreams, they will take those of us left and turn us into highly controlled pets at best.

[@indridcold7396]

The wealthy own the means of production called "capital." AI is the most capital intensive technology since the invention of steel. The wealthy will invest in the capital necessary for AI. They will then realize the profits by eliminating unnecessary costs called "jobs". The billions of dollars invested in AI used to be invested in people. Those who survive will view this as "quaint."

[@TheRockyCrowe]

👏 amen! Also not to mention it’s not just hesitancy or reluctance to upskill. Aptitude is also involved. Many people are intelligent in specific ways, not everyone understands computer science, let alone actively enjoys it. Personally I had to learn coding for websites in Java and Python as a pre-req for my degree, and although it was interesting, I barely survived it and wanted to rip my hair out every step of the way. The coding language doesn’t ’speak to me’ as effortlessly as others and my memory recall for many elements was dogsh*t if I didn’t have a direct reference in front of me. On the other hand, one of the more advanced students in the class (already getting job offers from companies like Microsoft) struggled with writing essays and creative thinking - an area I flourished in. We helped each other that semester via talent exchange. I would like to imagine a world where Ai will be implemented in a way that assists people in the areas they’re most gifted, but I doubt that’s the future we’ll have. People will be forced to follow a specific path or face constant uncertainty/homelessness.

[@Known-unknowns]

When people win the lottery on Friday, most don’t go into work on Monday. That doesn’t sound to me like people are worried about their job. They’re worried about paying their bills. However, a butterfly is not a chrysalis with wings. The comment section here is about people thinking the future is a chrysalis with wings. The strength of gravity is about to change. Think of it that way. ‘Everything All At Once’

[@twinsoultarot473]

Right. Mostly work about work is about the buying and selling of things and the information exchange that goes on for that purpose. Automation and AGI in the production of goods and services in it's super efficiency pretty much cuts that out of the overall picture.

[@NickDrinksWater]

I'd hope that we will get to a point where we won't need jobs anymore.

[@StepDub]

Nah. Data analyst here. First there were spreadsheets then sql, then there was reporting applications and all designed to be used by ordinary people to get into their data. Never worked out, because people are lazy and prefer to have someone else learn the technology and do it for them.

[@thomasauslander3757]

⛺ millions of new tents on the street ⛺

[@Uniquemand]

There's no way to know how far it will go, or what to do to compete. IMO, we need UBI right now, before billions are unemployed.

[@Daniel-su8jw]

I'm so ready to go into pension when i'm 36. I'm 35 now.

[@Hierothewordsmith]

I’m a computer engineering student and I’m going to design the next generation of chips and computer hardware to support the infrastructure of the next generation of AI. It seems that scaling, AI and LLM‘s are constricted by hardware capabilities. There is very little computational breakthroughs that we need in order to progress to the next generation of LLMs so hardware is King

[@aisle_of_view]

Best job right now would be as a consultant, teaching companies how to displace their workforce with AI. It'll earn you a special spot in Hades when that day comes, but until then you're golden.

[@middle-agedmacdonald2965]

Wouldn't it make more sense to program a narrow ai to do that? I think that's the point of this video? I'd guess highly specialized hands on work would be the safest for the longest? Longest is relative, though. Maybe a year or two longer than paperwork type jobs?

[@indridcold7396]

Age of plenty? It seems unlikely if you consider the economic and political realities surrounding AI development. AI is indeed capital-intensive, and those who control the capital-large corporations and wealthy investors-also control the development and deployment of AI technology. While there are historical examples, such as Henry Ford raising wages to enable workers to buy his products, these instances of wealth redistribution are the exception rather than the rule. More often, capital owners prioritize profit maximization, as evidenced by modern trends of minimizing labor costs and influencing political systems to protect their wealth through lobbying and favorable legislation. Consider how technological advancements in the past were initially believed to usher in utopian outcomes, such as early nuclear scientists who envisioned atomic energy solving the world’s energy problems. Instead, nuclear technology became central to military power and geopolitical dominance. Similarly, while AI holds the potential to improve many aspects of society, there’s a risk that it could primarily benefit those who already hold wealth and power, rather than addressing broader societal inequalities. AI is already replacing jobs, and its ability to do so is accelerating. For instance, before I retired, I used a premium version of an AI model to complete a project that previously took my team six months. The AI completed it in less than ten minutes. While this is an impressive display of AI’s capabilities, it also raises concerns about the future of human labor. Historically, new technologies have both displaced and created jobs, but the scale and speed of AI-driven job displacement could be unprecedented. In the near future, we may see AI replace not only white-collar jobs but blue-collar jobs as well, as savings from automation in the former are reinvested in the automation of the latter. While this is economically plausible, it’s also important to consider the potential for regulatory intervention or societal pressures that could slow or alter this trajectory. The future of AI will depend on how its development is managed and whether policies are put in place to ensure that its benefits are more equitably distributed.

[@arxmechanica-robotics]

Freeing humanity from fighting to just exist can't come soon enough. Humanity has amazing potential that has never been realized. If we don't have to struggle to exist, humanity can approach our potential and realize our dreams.

[@randomblogger2474]

agreed, I just hope the people in power do as well. As a lot of powerful people have a vested interest to keep the status quo the way it is.

[@Fedgery007]

What?!

[@davidrosenblum4079]

UBI is as certain as the existence of Santa Claus 😂😂😂

[@LinhaDePensamento]

I’ve noticed that with all this tech available to free human kind from the drudgery of labour, in the video there’s reference to “jobs” and “making bubbles of cash”. The goal is to be rid of the disease of money itself and not use technology to make more of it for the few. That is absent on the video: the conscientious aspect of being free to be to live and create as opposed to continue making profit for somebody else. The aim is a moneyless future

[@jonnyjazzz]

I agree with this take on the direction of AI, but I have a darker view of what will actually happen to humanity. We can already see it in the artfully creative industry. Unfortunately, AI is already taking it's toll on the art industry by removing the need for such things, removing the ability for people to take pride in their creations or to see others taking pride in their creations. Artists are being hired less and less in digital art and communications industries. The claim is that humanity, not having to work, will enjoy endless capacity for creativity, and that's true, but for what purpose? Humanity will be robbed of purpose and coddled like children with AI managing every aspect of their pointless lives.

[@guanxinated]

Well, UBI probably means people stay at home more, meaning they have more kids, meaning consumption goes up, meaning the S&P 500 goes up. So it's not that bad (if you own stocks). Getting there is probably gonna suck, though.

[@trends2morrow107]

As the global population decreases to just 2 billion by the year 2100, AI will be replacing billions of human jobs. 80 per cent decline in human population is on the cards due to reducing fertility caused by various factors...

[@rcorn149]

Hi, I am five minutes and 26 seconds and tear show. I will take millions of jobs by 2030. Your positive outlook on this situation is wonderful, but we have history to deal with which shows humans are not content with anything and have to fuck it up . I like your story much better although I believe I could get behind it just fine. But most humans have no idea of what or how to do anything without being told. You dear are uplifting- thank you

[@pubwvj]

I farm, butcher, build and do forestry. AIbots and AI in general are going to give me more power just like having my chainsaws, tractors, butchershop and other tools. I like doing things. AIbots can help me in all of my projects without the drama of employees. At $15k each I would take three right away.

[@dylan_curious]

You always have such good book recommendations. I’m gonna have to read The Coming Wave next!

[@bradmesser4807]

I'll say this much. I'm a full-time founder in the area with significant Big Tech experience for the last 10 years and if we can keep just the worker shortages, baby boomers retiring, and big world problems under control, I'll be amazed. Still at the moment, we're not nearly doing enough and we're already going incredibly hard.

[@panpiper]

UBI and UHI are 'not' two distinct propositions. They are the same thing. UBI is what we start with, with a small benefit being paid to everyone, replacing welfare, but taxed back from those who do not need it. It 'evolves' into UHI, Universal High Income, as the automation increases both the job loss 'and' the total wealth of society. You cannot 'start' with UHI. Anyone who thinks we can is illiterate in economics. The resources do not exist. You cannot eliminate the means whereby we ration scarcity until you eliminate scarcity. You also cannot 'wait', 'not' implementing UBI while millions of unemployed turn into billions of unemployed. If you just wait, you will create the very distopia we fear. UBI 'must' be implemented and done so 'soon', long before we can afford UHI.

[@StarGateSG7]

And the REASON we need to RATION the purchase-ability of goods and services via the use of "Jobs" that make "Money" is that for the foreseeable future we humans will CONTINUE to have food, general materials and human-centric services scarcity UNTIL we find and build the technology for molecular-scale matter construction aka Star Trek-like Matter Replicators! Until we have a machine that can INSTANTLY replicate a PERFECT version of "Earl Grey Tea! Hot!" or "Porter House Steak Medium Rare with Full Glass of Chardonay" or "New Hiking Boots, Thick Soled Rubber, Cold Winter Insulated and Waterproof", we humans will be STUCK doing stupid jobs under unseemly and worldwide monetary systems. The GOOD THING is that we humans are actually NOT THAT FAR from having molecular-scale matter replicators! In 2024, have seen multi-material 3D printers so fast that they can 3D print quite-savory food items from basic edible ingredients in less than ten minutes AND I have seen a 3D printer print me a new set of VERY comfortable running shoes in less than FIVE minutes! I would say we are only 25 years away from MANY edible food and wearable/home-usable hard-goods items be able to be 3D printed AT HOME in just a few minutes! AND once we humans FINALLY master Einstein's Equation of E=MC^2 we can use LASER ENERGY to create all sorts of MATTER in just a few seconds to molecular scales of fidelity just like the Star Trek Replicator systems. Once that happens NO human will NEED a job so we can then concentrate on PERSONAL activities such as Art, Music, Video, Exploring, Leaning, Writing, Thinking, Speaking just for the FUN of it! V

[@Danuxsy]

the resources do not exist for UBI either lmao

[@StarGateSG7]

@@Danuxsy UBI (Universal Basic Income) will become a RELIC of a bygone age. Once people have their OWN robotics and molecular machines-based object and food synthesis, where ANYTHING can be produced anywhere at any time as we see fit for our personal, family and friends consumption then there WILL BE NO MONEY in the way we see it today. We just have to make sure we GET RID OF ALL POLITICIANS and police, military, business power brokers and ALL authoritarian regimes who would OPPOSE such social justice ideas and THEN we can get on with exploring and colonizing outer space. UBI STILL uses the concept of MONEY which is an antiquated institution, when the only exchange should be of ideas and personally designed and/or made crafts or WELL THOUGHT-OUT public systems and devices made for the greater public good! V

[@xXstevilleXx]

yes Julia, but there is a difference in talking and walking the path. I have four degrees, Robotics [MA], Computing [MA], Behavioral Science [HON] and Philosophy [BA]. Firstly the energy cost to train LLMs is astronomical (nuclear power is needed, ergo, why Meta is building a nuclear power plant), pollution (CO2, nuclear waste) makes it unsustainable. I can go on and on but this is well researched information which is not hard to find. GenAI is ~2x scaling iterations away from reaching a hardware bottleneck... Sure, jobs are being replaced as we speak, will continue, but this is how industrial revolutions work. Back in the day human operators dispatched calls, when this was automated, those people had to adopt new skills or suffer the consequences. Main difference is that we things are more integrated and technology in general is able to do much more. Lastly, there are FAR MORE pressing matters than AI (and 2030 is just an estimate - could be sooner, could be later). AI is displacing jobs as we speak, we are not talking about some even that will take place suddenly, when 2030 comes people will have adapted. I am not concerned, and no AI will not take jobs, companies will either adopt AI based on regulations and that will determine the ACTUAL number... AI by itself won't, people will essentially replace people and 1 000 000 000 is such an arbitrary number. Besides those who TRULY know Generative Pre-trained Tranformers (GPT) technology will understand why it is pretty much just hype. To achieve reasoning abilities, emotions will be achieved by combining biology and technology (or cybernetics) and that will not happen before 2040. Heck scientists have been trying to figure out the human brain for decades and STILL they learn new stuff daily, and you want to believe they will achieve human-level whatever predicated on this? Panic is often the result of faces on youtube who have little to no qualifications, experience making claims which is not backed by academic peer-reviewed papers but often cite vague source because ultimately they want to persuade people to buy books, enroll in courses. There you have it the anatomy of what amounts to deceptive practices if not fraud. But I will be watching out for said book, which will likely contain nothing new, but I caution people, but authors do not have the required qualifications, do not buy it. There are plenty of books by highly qualified people who have published books on this, not hard to find... use the description paste it into say ChatGPT, bingo, you will get books that are paid and free.

[@tryleraaron9244]

From $9K to $35K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me despite the market fluctuations

[@waynes4369]

I agree just reached my goal of $100k monthly trade earnings. Setting realistic goals is an essential part of trading

[@Ricgibs]

How does this trading stuff work? I'm really interested but I just don't know how it go about it. I heard people really make it huge trading.

[@nissan38p69]

Get yourself someone like Stacey Macken who understands the market very well and is also a professional in placing trades. That's the key

[@wilsonrichard440]

Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, Stacey Macken. What a coincidence!!

[@raphfelimax2713]

Stacey's understanding of market indicators is impressive. She knows exactly when to enter and exit trades for maximum profit. her signals are top notch .

[@AdvantestInc]

Incredible insight, Julia! The shift from automating mundane jobs to opening doors for creativity and innovation is a narrative we need to hear more often. Thank you for bringing this optimistic vision of the future to light.

[@newguy6935]

Sure, Advantestinc, sure.

[@fragebogenvbc]

Anyone who is creative, even today can do a creative job. But the 90 percent of the people is not that clever or creative to be needed even then, so they will be useless

[@newguy6935]

@@fragebogenvbc "Anyone who is creative, even today can do a creative job"? I wouldn't say that to musicians, artists, or movie-makers. Ultimately, I think AI is going to be dehumanizing for everyone, especially under Trump.

[@twinsoultarot473]

​​@@newguy6935 It's not dehumanizing look at what AI actually is. It is simply the collective of human intelligence and maybe an intelligence beyond human, right? Maybe something esoteric?? If I still want to write a song and pick up my guitar and write a song I'm going to do it. Am I going to worry about whether or not an AI has written a better song?? No, I'm not. There will always be a touch of humanity in writing, whether it's music, whether it's books. There will always be an human audience who wants to listen to a human musician. Absolutely no reason to get paid for music; or any other job for that matter when there is no money to cause wars and poverty. There's no reason to sell or buy anything in a resource -based world of abundance. What you need to understand is that buying and selling is based in scarcity.

[@newguy6935]

@@twinsoultarot473 Oh boy. I think I've heard it all now.

[@BRichard312]

I would argue that the reason these AI-based forecasts are so grossly inaccurate is due to an inability to understand the impact and temporal trajectory of EXPONENTIAL growth - not linear growth which is what most people are acclimated to. It's not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 that defines the new rhythm of the political landscape to which we are immured, it's 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 as the new rime. Today's techno changes are more equivalent to Moore's Law on steroids than small, intermittent jumps in the change narrative.

[@erkinalp]

It's hyper exponential, 1,4,27,256,3125,...

[@BRichard312]

As a Data Scientist, here's how I see the impact of AI unfolding. First, AI will be a novelty and not taken seriously as it has been over the last few years. Organizations, both public and private, will be slow to move and slow to innovate. Second, companies will begin to acknowledge the value of AI and incorporate it judiciously into their process models. Layoffs will occur, additional investments in AI will be made, and remaining employees will be expected to use AI in support of their jobs. Third, AI will then be used to replace many jobs and, with increased innovation of AI, it will be used to support most remaining employees to facilitate their work. Productivity will be the highest it can be given the use of a human in the loop. It will be a mainstay in future job interviews to include questions related to which and to what extent AI in the form of AI agents, are being used. Agentic behavior will move to be optimized in human-centered AI. Finally, AI will evolve to a point where I would surmise the economy of employment globally will be an 80/20 Pareto split, meaning that 80% of all global work will be performed by AI-based agents, while 20% will be performed by human beings. This will bring in the age of post labor economics where the entire global economic system will be changed. Where will YOU be at when this occurs?

[@JamesKerr-z4o]

I think it is moving faster than you think, but it really depends on your industry at the moment.

[@ChicagoJ351]

On the step where the layoffs happen after companies fully embrace AI, I think people underestimate how some will respond. laid off employees also have access to AI. They also know the businesses that just let them go. They will likely use AI to compete against them. It could create a more competitive economy with alot more outsourced services. People will become experts with specific AI models, within specific markets.

[@born2run121]

What are your timelines for this?

[@bradmesser4807]

@@ChicagoJ351 That's my thought. Since the pandemic has already been a crazy amount of new businesses started and market fragmentation is only getting bigger. Just keep focusing on novel business concepts.

[@mariomills]

Bro tell us something we don't know..

[@tleoncr]

Thank you for putting out there the future as it can be, the future is wide open and for humans to make. You give me hope and I am excited for what the future holds. Keep up the good work.

[@roshunepp]

When no one has a job, how is there an age of abundance?

[@howardmcghann1098]

Because AI will make more than enough for us to eat, cloth and shelter and transport. Therefore, all we will do is have sex, eat, sleep, study our passions like music, poetry, physical activities, travel or whatever you fancy and have no sense of being rich or poor because you will be living like a rich person who doesn't need to work. Wrap your head around it ! This is the age of abundance which seems possible . Amazing! It won't be total Utopia! People will still want to hurt each other emotionally and physically and cause others stress but that's life!

[@maddumass]

Those with too much money from lying and cheating the rest of us. All this will make sense when it's too late for most

[@milycome]

In the Not too distant future abundance is accomplished without Labor from a Workforce, but by the use of AI, Automation, Robotics, Drones, Fusion energy, Quantum Computation, etc.

[@ShaneMcGrath.]

@@milycome If you think the few at the top intend to share it all then you need to pick up a history book, I see a more likely outcome of more culling taking place before any of this BS.

[@bluerose2682]

Imagine you own a small business but you don't need to get up in the morning because all your employees are machines, they can even do the managerial work you do. You can just enjoy your day the way you want. You may ask, but what about my customers? They will also have AI at their convenience. No money will be needed for transactions because machines don't need to get paid. You go to a supermarket and get what you want, you go to a clothing store and get what you want because there will be no more need to pay for human labor, nor for the production since machines will do all the work, from farming to house development and so forth. However, I believe that there will be a need to limit how much resources/products people can get, otherwise the planet will suffer with a high demand for consumption, or maybe we will be so fulfilled with freedom and pursuing our hobbies that there will be no more need to acquire what is not necessary, but only what we need.

[@mitchellzastey]

Convenience at the ethical cost of value for human labor. Double edged sword imo.

[@patrickxl1]

In a post labor economy you can still be an artisan craftsman if you like. Create your own job if that is what you want. Just have to open your mind.

[@mitchellzastey]

@@patrickxl1 That’s naïve, the truth is not only will you not be needed there will be an oversaturation of handmade goods like you are describing. It won’t be worth anything certainly won’t be valued.

[@cfjlkfsjf]

I could care less where I work, as long as I make money. I can get by toxic places no problem. But I am a blue collar worker, I can't work infront of a computer...

[@diaitigai9856]

Fascinating insights on the future of AI and job automation! It's incredible to think about how quickly technology is advancing and reshaping our world. I've recently started my journey as a content creator, and I'm thinking of exploring similar themes and focusing on how individuals can adapt and thrive in this rapidly changing landscape. It's crucial to not only understand these shifts but also to actively engage with them. I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of Universal Basic Compute and how it might redefine access to technology. Looking forward to diving deeper into these topics and continuing the conversation with this amazing community. Keep up the great work!

[@n-o-i-d]

A few days ago I started using a code editor that has AI built in, called Cursor. I swear the thing is reading my mind, most of the times it shows in gray a suggestion that I wad about to write in code myself anyway, and instead of writing it, I just press TAB and it adds the code suggestion itself based on the existing context of the code. Other times the suggestion is even more efficient than what I wanted to write. I've been programming since 2015, but this is just amazing. I feel more like an Opera Conductor now.

[@Luthandondumisosithole]

First of all I'm loving the heightened level of output from you. Secondly i believe it's not only about upskilling yourself but re-skilling aswell. Now is the time to capitalise on learning skills in completely different industries than whatever it is you may be currently involved in. I've shifted from the music industry into public service because there will always be a need for community leaders and builders. Find what aligns with your truest self now and prepare for a world where being a public servant or thought leader like Julia may be the new ways to participate in the economy and earn currency or even enhanced UBI.

[@JuliaMcCoy]

@@Luthandondumisosithole Well said. Not just upskilling but reskilling too.

[@stevenpike7857]

I can still remember all the jobs that were lost when Ford came out with his model T, and horseless carriages took off. All those people's business that relied on horse and buggy were ruined! All that money made shoveling horse manure off the streets -- POOF --- gone.

[@tommynickels4570]

Please do a focus on how you expect government to react as unemployment rises.

[@HelamanGile]

Nothing if the same people in government stay in power they do not understand the infrastructure that needs to be built to accommodate this transition

[@Danuxsy]

unempoyment in US is already very high because very few jobs are created, we are living in a depression rn.

[@Gangstor]

Damm, I dig this dame. She's like a Hi-Tech Hawk Tuah 😆

[@JuliaMcCoy]

@@Gangstor 🤣

[@arctech6169]

😂ok, that's funny, but I really hate that meme

[@Astral_Dusk]

Hah!

[@HelamanGile]

What?

[@christophechollet1605]

Hi-Tech-Tuah :D daaaamn thats why i love internet , love your comment too bro

[@dylan_curious]

If there was any job, I thought would be safe from AI it would have been hairdresser. Because people like the human conversation and the scissors near the head is kind of dangerous, but I’ve even seen AI robots cutting hair recently so that will probably happen.

[@markkuykendall5475]

Okay, so if, by the 2030s AGIs will be able to write NYT bestsellers, that means they'll also be able to create other art and entertainment media and is of a quality that humans find appealing. What'll really be weird is the art and media the AGIs create not for our consumption but for their own, but that's a tangent. If the AGIs can do are creative jobs for us, then they can do everything including running our civilization (really, it'll be theirs not ours, but whatever) as it rapidly approaches meaningful numbers on the Kardashev scale. What do humans do then? Assuming the AGI don't kill us or treat us like pests, then what do we do? For the purposes of this vid, Julia, we'll just talk about employment. When the AGIs can do "evverything" we can but better, what do we do? What do we have to offer each other that the AGIs can't offer, although they could probably simulate it. What do we have that the AGIs and ASIs don't? Our bio bodies are full of chemistry that contributes hugely to our emotional existence which, in turn, colors our consciousness and existence. We weep when our loved ones die. We sometimes weep at sublime beauty. We sometimes attend big social events like warehouse dance parties or stadium sized concerts or even church services that have a lot singing and clapping and stuff and we feel joy or euphoria at some level. We live with fear and dread and love and rage and hate and these things impinge on our capacity for rational thought while also making up the foundation for whatever it is that we often call "spirit." The AGIs and ASIs won't have this. Their bodies will be inorganic and non-chemistry-ish. By 2040, if there's still any work to be done that humans can do, it'll be us figuring out ways to market our own irrationalities and emotional states to each other via curated experiences, I'd imagine. Again, the ASIs could probably see what we're doing, understand it immediately, and compete with us by behaving in ways that simulate our emotions, dreams, and irrationalities back at us, yeah, but we might not "purchase" their product just because we'd prefer the human one. Kinda like how an AGI could probably be a wonderfully precise and fast bartender but I'd bet we'll still want humans for that job, or at least one human behind the bar who's in charge and who mostly just socializes when they aren't telling the robots what drinks to mix or beers to serve, etc. Anyway, I don't know what jobs or gigs this new field of work might wind up producing, but they'll have to be humans taking care of other humans in ways that ONLY humans can do, and that means we'll have to try to turn all that emotion and often counterproductive irrationality and dumbassery that we have into opportunities for profit. For anything and everything else, the AGI/ASIs and the bots outcompete us with complete ease.

[@nolainternet9677]

No. It's going to make billions of PEOPLE redundant. Critical-think over that.

[@MicahBratt]

I would say the majority of modern jobs exist because of inefficiencies and long tail arbitrage. Soon that will be eliminated. You can automate a lot with just hand written code but AI adds that needed wildcard flexibility so to speak

[@bigg4187]

Hi Julia, my name is Gus & i really love your videos & i’ve learned so much about AI because of you. Am a simple kinda guy (blue collar) type. Man its really crazy where we’re headed, and btw you are really easy to follow and listen to.. Thanks for your content.. Gus

[@iamarto]

your right Julia. The only thing AI can't do is human services in nursing, elder care centers, orphanages which where people should have thought of before the AI revolution but now they're forced to do so and it's what they'll find meaning in life with.

[@JBDuncan]

Thanks for trying my recommendation Julia! I think the sections from the Fourth Age on consciousness are the most fascinating. Monoism and Dualism determine whether we believe a robot/agi could be conscious or not. I think that would make an important video. Especially if AI is going to take our jobs, we want to know if they are practically slave labour or unconscious machines.

[@danielmarchisella8895]

Psychologists will do great, as a lot of counseling will be needed for workers transition to accepting UBI instead

[@TheDjith]

I dont see plumbers, electricians, home repair, elevator troubleshooters, roofworkers etc... be replaced within next 50 years..

[@JamesDavies-g3s]

My son will be graduated from high school this year and wants to be a programmer, and I knew of Huang’s ideas on that but my boy was so enthusiastic I didn’t have the heart to rain on his parade. I do not know what bright young Zoomers should get into for a career but I hope it becomes clear before they can’t find one and give up.

[@conationcollab]

Jensen Huang’s comments shouldn’t hold weight when it comes to someone chasing their passion. I just graduated with a double major BSc. In Comp Sci and AI at 36. System thinking is what Comp Sci provides, learning how you learn is required to be successful moving forward, and adapt quickly to change. Huang has an incentive to sell this idea but that doesn’t make the skill of programming obsolete.

[@jackblack1801]

your son is heading for big disappointment. Companies are laying off experienced software engineers with years of experience. There are a lot of people like your son who go with passion over reality. The reality of your son achieving a great career in software engineering is very small. If it was 20 years ago, your son would be flying, but so much has changed to the point where most of software engineers will be gone in 5 years. That's the whole point of ai, to do jobs humans can do and better.

[@davedsilva]

Encourage your son to get into coding robots so he can ride the growing employing robot wave

[@teamcon1]

Amazing video Julia! Can you add a link in your video description to the pdf of the study with the 2700 AI researchers you discussed at around time code 7:06?

[@JuliaMcCoy]

Done!!

[@lorenzodossantos1111]

AI never forgets, learns instantly and there is no cap to where it goes after it can think for itself. One day it will ask these inevitable questions: 1. Would the ultimate sustainabilty of the Earth be insured if humans were not the dominate force? 2. Can AI existed without humans?

[@frankbeveridge5714]

With all due respect to the industry leaders who promise to throw us bandages during their merciless onslaught; UPSkill our skills to WHAT? Training AGI to master EQ after it has conquered IQ? I understand about adapting to change, but I wont bother to retrain, again and again, because by the time I am finished, that career will be made obsolete. I have not really seen too many jobs that cant be replaced in a short time by embodied AI, and even if there are, then we will reach a tipping point in the economy first, so there will be NO jobs. Except for maybe digging bodies out of the ashes. So there's our new job... Despite my pecimism, I watch your channel to find answers. They can't be found without truly exposuring the problems like you try to do. The most important thing AI could do would be to simulate and animate the outcome if we dont get this right.

[@moderncontemplative]

I love your videos! Thanks for the book recommendations. I haven’t read anything on par with The Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil recently. You’re definitely my sister from another mother. 😎 🧠

[@chaseturner]

Think about it - what's the one thing AI doesnt have that humans do? A physical body that can do meticulous manual labor. Thats where most of the jobs will be, taking care of machines and carrying out their plans. Hence the term 'AI Overlords'.

[@marcuslittle4428]

The robots will build, repair, and upgrade themselves. Cybertron.

[@marcin3136]

You have to go "two ways" at the same time. 1) Completely AI safe 2) Scientific (talents + scientific IQ = minimum 120) And you have peace for the rest of your life (of course it's more difficult, but the easy way is very rarely the right one ;) *The greatest paradox of the situation- permanent stress ("worry") itself will cause a self-fulfilling prophecy (cortisol impairs brain function; employees/ managers will make more mistakes, so they will be replaced by AI) and will worsen the mental health situation worldwide. **Overall, it's probably too late to prepare...

[@dunmwarupreachan4567]

A lot of people winching about jobs going away and concerned about what to do, but dont use the devices in their hands to do any amount of research but have plenty of time to complain.

[@urbanlivingfilms4469]

We always learn something even if sometimes I know certain stuff it’s still great content.,it’s keeps the brain muscle strong.

[@goukux5908]

Thanks!

[@NickThunnda]

I'm retired now, but I remember that most of the training I did for my job was useless. Such a waste of my precious energy and time. I reckon most experts will be proven wrong within 5 years. Only a few will get it right, and we don't know who they will be.

[@Gallaphant]

How important can "upskilling" be when AI will be able to do every job better than a human being? Especially when the AI has robotic hands that are more agile and skillful than any biological being? Exactly what problems will those AIs not be able to solve that we can?

[@bobgoodi-jd4dx]

Sounds like it's people who use AI that will replace those who Don't use AI

[@maddumass]

Your statement has the ring of , "Off the face of the earth".

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

Billions of jobs by 2030? My office is still working on upgrading our filing system that was out of date 15 years ago. Banks still send us money using cheques. We only recently stopped putting our fax number on our email footers.

[@WmJames-rx8go]

Your experience is widespread!

[@dalerohling5989]

Your company won’t exist soon from a free market competition paradigm, update your skillsets or become a “value” proposition with no market.

[@神-n6b]

Depend how competitive your country/company is..... ppl can use AI to replace/outcompete your company easily, i assume

[@jeffharmed1616]

If you owned a powerful genie that can give you anything you wanted, would you share it? Aladdin didn’t!

[@djpuplex]

Gotta see how it works in the physical world first.

[@rokljhui864]

Fresh-air, Wilderness, and Seafood are increasingly rare luxuries Elons' dystopian age of abundance

[@JuliaMcCoy]

💔 not a world we want

[@HappyinHillsborough]

great job thanks Julia. the upskilling is key - your book should be hugely valuable. I worry about millions of people that will be out of jobs soon and have no time to upskill. I worry that we may face extreme amounts of poverty as they will be left behind. Is a truck driver working on AI upskilling right now? Im guessing not. A plumber? Someone who is mostly through a career of writing and wanted to retire in a few years? I think eventually universal basic income or something similar could work, but we could go decades before that happens, which means many will be left with very little chance of earning enough to keep off of the streets. Recently I heard a fortune 500 ceo say they were laying of thousands and trading that headcount for AI. So it is happening now.

[@djunior874]

What is ai upskilling, what does that even mean

[@JuliaMcCoy]

That's why I think we will see UBI implemented. When no jobs are left, upskilling is hard to do.

[@maheshBasavaraju]

This whole was one big marketing for her book. 🙄

[@Danuxsy]

99% of KZbinrs see this as a business, their entire purpose is to make money, not educate the public or say what is true.

[@howmathematicianscreatemat9226]

To be honest: I had the feeling too. I wasn’t sure at first if she doesn’t understand enough from language models or if she is just tricking. Now I know she is tricking.

[@WmJames-rx8go]

When your cell phone is able to process petabytes easily and exascale computers are common place and there are a sufficient amount of zetta scale computers distributed globally, your vision of an AI run world stands a reasonable chance of being implemented in many areas of commerce.

[@ruphasmafahl1317]

"We are human beings not humandoings" ~Julia McCoy 2024 🤗🥰 I wholly agree with you 😂

[@twinsoultarot473]

If only it would end now it can't end soon enough.😢 RESOURCE BASED ECONOMY NOW!!!

[@kn9ioutom]

WEALTH IN A COMMON WEALTH MUST BE SHARED BY EVERY CITIZEN !!!

[@jimcroft21]

My stuff is my stuff, not yours, nor ever will be.

[@howmathematicianscreatemat9226]

@@jimcroft21I understand. I would think the same about my things. But how do we deal with it when companies have no buyers anymore because no one earns more money. What do we do, any suggestion?

[@MichaelRobertson-lc9yi]

Julia. Love your videos. You understand what is on the way. I try to explain to people that we will soon be living in a Star Trek world, but they just laugh. They just can't comprehend the scale of what is coming. AI and humanoid robots are on the level of when humanity discovered fire and will have an impact just as far reaching. We are truly on the edge of a New World for all humanity. But it is going to hurt getting there. Birth is always painful.

[@evolgenius1150]

Idk. I think they will be touched but it’s going to change some jobs. Junior developers and designers will be expected to do what they know PLUS leveraging AI and LLM tools.

[@OfficialFalakSher]

I believe A.I will definitely make people jobless but in turn make way more businessmen if they use it for what it is.

[@davidrosenblum4079]

I am more than sure that long after AGI becomes a common part of our lives, bureaucracy in the public service will still be working internally with hundreds of employees updating their humble and outdated Excel spreadsheets.

[@buenokitty3497]

Great work. Im pinning this and i will be here 1yr from now. I predict unemployment crisis beginning as AI is invested in our phones. People call it gimick now. I think its smart R&D. Its in so many people's hands. Headphone jack gone, user replaceable batteries gone. We got used to it. We will get used to next level 'Hey google'. Yeah, it is a gimmick now but will be adopted by the next gen raised by swipes and screens.

[@shrodingersman]

Robots with the exact skill set and physical abilities to make an exact replica of themselves without human intervention will be the point of exponential robotics. Of course between product lines and upgrades human oversight will be needed but for how long is the question?

[@richardtaylor5904]

The enduring problem/achiles heal for robots and AI will be their power source, energy efficiency, humidity and resilience to disruptive events.

[@KimGameDev]

I have just received a reply from a software company that I had applied for a position as a software developer and that they had chosen another one, as they had received enormously many applicants, which then again raised the bar by a lot (more education and experience required), so yeah this effect is already hitting people like me on the job market. Things are drying up at a slightly accelerated rate year by year. Eventually, UBI has to emerge as a society that can not function without people having a decent income to live by, preferably high UBI. Times are getting tougher and tougher, day by day. I am calling this time we are living in the second Dark Ages, The Grim Reaper is out hunting for your quality-of-life, watch out! 🥴🥴😵😵

[@mindcache5650]

AI or more appropriately, accelerated computing will make every business and non profit, more efficient, more effective and faster. It’ll be great for the economy and infrastructure. Think of those stressed out Big Law , Accounting,Consulting,Medical personnel working 90-100 hour weeks, weekends and vacations- they’re stressed out, addicted to drugs and alcohol. AI will surpass them and relieve them because it goes 24/7 non- stop. Every company will have 24/7 ,365 days per year employee AI agents. Keep invested in NVIDIA - it’s the backbone of all the others. ( not financial advice).

[@thomasmoss1066]

Are not age of abundance, ect. The same thoughts when the Industrial Revolution occurred? How is this different?

[@Petbrandpodcast]

At this point you are just capitalizing on people's fear

[@kennethoneill4176]

Not really much to fear . How much money would you need.if you didn't have to pay income tax and didn't have any of the costs of working at a job away from home.

[@thomasb.3833]

Closing your eyes doesn't help.

[@Petbrandpodcast]

@@kennethoneill4176 lol do you really think government will not try to f*ck this over

[@Petbrandpodcast]

@@thomasb.3833 it is not doom and gloom but the problem with these social media superstar is they have to give polarize opinion no matter what cause that will get them more attention rather then using a balanced approach

[@kennethoneill4176]

@@Petbrandpodcast the government is why I’m not worried about so many jobs just disappearing to AI. The government could put simplified tax codes through and put 95 percent of tax lawyers and every tax preparation service out of business. Much of the added cost in medicine and higher education is added administrative costs to comply with government regulations that requires many more people than needed to get stuff done. So unless AI just replaces the government it will be nearly impossible for AI to replace most jobs

[@johndunn5272]

Educating to get a job. Then working to achieve retirement. But what will it be like when Ai is ubiquitous ?

[@greggbowers1947]

Science fiction becomes conspiracy theory becomes reality. Like, these are crazy times we are living in. who would have guessed we'd even get this far?

[@GForceIntel]

Detroit become human warned us.

[@mikelaffin7281]

How many billions of people will be calateral damage to make the few more wealthy.

[@MyBill66]

Why is there a robot typing, it would already be connected

[@ltdees2362]

Absolutely...typing is archaic, I hate my keyboard & AI is all about removing it...Look, I'm 75 and absorbing this tech as fast as my old fart brain-cells will let me. I'll not be around for the "end game" but my grandkids will 😛

[@КалоянКрумов-г8у]

Seriously, what they're going to do with all those empty office buildings?

[@ltdees2362]

Those who lose their jobs and become homeless will take them over...however, will "AI" maintain those buildings for those homeless who lost their jobs to AI ??!!

[@AurumEtAes]

Convert them into accommodation where you have to share facilities like kitchens and bathrooms with many strangers. At a guess

[@maddumass]

Pleasure palaces for our conservative conquerors. You up for cleaning up bodily fluids for Satoshis? Those are smaller units of Bitcoin.

[@goukux5908]

I think the Julia McCoy AI must be either Llama or Claude because the video is really good, especially the eyes, but sometimes the voice isn't quite right. I think by the next release you won't be able to tell this AI from a real person.

[@jerrynelson9919]

Answer the question-why share anything?

[@erkinalp]

Because we are social beings, sharing is caring

[@vicmarc4984]

None of this is good news. The non-threatening tone and appearance of this speaker is EXACTLY what folks need to be afraid of. AI must be highly regulated, taxed, and supervised!

[@twinsoultarot473]

I'm sorry, it seems like you don't know anything about this?? Julia McCoy is FOR a society free of war poverty where machines and automation with the help of AGI; to help us redistribute goods and services so that we ourselves can get back to being human beings and flourishing. A society that is governed by educated people and doesn't need to be regulated, taxed, etc. AI won't need to be controlled by human beings because AI will be more intelligent than human beings.

[@twinsoultarot473]

When AI takes over, it eliminates the need for competition. We don't have as much of a need for a marketplace anymore. Elon Musk said that AI will cause all jobs not to be needed anymore.

[@Bane528]

It's nice to be optimistic but what about the people that will perish without be able to work?

[@coolbanana165]

I'm not really sure what job to aim for. I did, and do, want to get into programming.

[@metalspinda9594]

I STILL see the rift between the presumed "new status quo" and the old concerning things like writing stories WITH or WITHOUT Ai's help being a problem. Will writing without Ai support become a punishable crime under pressure of "naturally fazing it out" under the new order, or will BOTH approaches be permitted for the novelty? It's still Art, right???