How to future-proof your career in the age of AI

Artificial intelligence is gradually causing more and more jobs to be automated. This trend will accelerate dramatically when AGI or human level AI is created, which many estimates put at less than five years away. So actually, most people will have their jobs automated within a fairly short time span. This video discusses how you can stay in the labor force as long as you would like to during this transition period.
We focus on a discussion of different types of intelligence. According to multiple intelligences theory, humans have at least nine types of intelligence. Machines are only good at three or four of those at the moment. Doubling down on improving your most skilled form of intelligence is traditional job advice, but you can also start developing skills in another area. Either should lead to enhanced job options.
It's important to continue to invest in yourself. Give yourself the time to improve. Give yourself the time to increase life satisfaction and do more of what's important to you. We discuss the most common form of investment, getting an advanced degree, which could still make sense in some circumstances even now. There are also many other self-improvement vectors to consider.
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0:00 Intro
0:32 Contents
0:38 Part 1: The job market
1:05 Timelines for AGI and losing jobs
2:01 Temporary job security during transition
2:35 AGI will take time to percolate through society
3:15 Which industries are safest from automation?
3:42 Paper on job automation (GPTs are GPTs)
4:30 Job automatability results
5:29 Site to look up specific professions
6:00 Part 2: The role of intelligence
6:34 Theory of multiple intelligences
6:50 Nine types of intelligence
7:44 AI is only good at 3-4 of these types
8:10 IQ measures mathematical/logical abilities
8:39 EQ measures inter/intrapersonal abilities
8:56 Competency equals speed
9:42 Example: Einstein's IQ vs Feynman
10:30 Human strengths
10:54 Meta-strategy for your career
12:04 Meta-strategy: next steps
12:36 Meta-strategy: mental flexibility
13:07 Part 3: Investing in yourself
13:37 Investing goal: increase life satisfaction
14:16 Some types of investment
14:34 Does it make sense to start an advanced degree?
15:26 Degree is a resilient job during economic hardship
15:53 My recommendations
15:58 Recommendation: Edit Your Life
16:31 Recommendation: Feel-Good Productivity
16:53 Recommendations for TED talks
17:21 Conclusion
18:11 Importance of investing in yourself
19:07 Outro

[@DrWaku]

I've had a lot of people asking me about these questions recently. I hope you find the video useful. Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DrWaku Join our Discord! discord.gg/AgafFBQdsc Links to my recommended resources are in the video description.

[@avivolah9401]

I like the video a lot, liked the vibe and the value provided. subscribed. But i disagree with your conclusion regarding AI proof jobs. If you would like we can talk about it and i can explain :)

[@leonardosoto4603]

I’m doing a PhD in Bioinformatics & Biotechnology. The productivity acceleration after Ai arrived is almost 200% in my personal case. I will just try to merge with technology until AGI is here.

[@DrWaku]

Nice! Excellent plan. Ride the wave.

[@ScottSummerill]

Probably the safest job is someone who understands all of this and is a part of the transformation. So many small businesses out there that know they need it but haven’t a clue. All of this is happening so quickly and is so new and seemingly complicated that will take a dedicated AI expert to help guide the transition.

[@DrWaku]

Agreed! And automation experts aren't going to need traditional machine learning skill sets, so a lot of people will pick up the task.

[@davidrojas4687]

Small businesses will just use chatgpt and some software and that enough

[@danielchoritz1903]

@@davidrojas4687 "i want to talk to your service AI"

[@TheTechnocrati]

Dr. Waku, first let me say that I appreciate what you are doing - we truly need more voices like yours as harbingers of our potential future. Secondly, I must say that I think your conceptualization of the “future proof” careers neglects to take into account the exponential gain of functions for the AI models. In other words - AGI will gain capabilities so rapidly that it will not only outstrip the 9 categories, but these systems may very well create new types of intelligences that we cannot begin to conceptualize. I use the Man-Monkey analogy to allow me to conceptualize what our relationship to an AGI might look like. In my analogy, Man is the AGI and the Monkeys are us. There are intelligences we have that a monkey just cannot conceptualize. So it would be more apt to extrapolate that AGI will quickly be able to subsume the other intelligences where it lacks right now, while building others that may be vastly more complex. All in all, our labor or ability to solve problems will become less and less useful or relevant. No job is safe.

[@DrWaku]

Thank you! And yes, I tried to emphasize at the beginning that any learning you do to keep yourself employable is only a temporary advantage. At some point, which I said was after AGI arrived but other commenters pointed out could happen sooner, nigh every job is going to be automatable at much lower cost and higher reliability. I think I need a follow up to dig into what you're talking about more.

[@entreprenerd1963]

One consideration is that a person could be hedging against the chance that "AI abundance" does not arrive soon. Perhaps there will be unexpected AI roadblocks (technological or regulatory or TSMC getting taken out by an electromagnetic pulse). Maybe there's something to be said for joining a military or a communal farm to develop survivalist skills....

[@travisporco]

props to you for getting right to the point

[@DrWaku]

Thanks. Have a good one.

[@jverart2106]

As a translator specialized in three high resource languages, I am seriously considering studying more about translation theory and specific problems of literary translation and language dynamics in times where language outputs will be automated. I am also thinking about developing a more solid approach to business. In the end humans (still) trust and want humans in the loop for many things. I'm also interested in, well, pretty much most of the topics of your videos and trying to study languages in an interdisciplinary way as you just mentioned. Things like architecture and biology come to mind but hey, I don't even know why I haven't expanded on it or even introduced myself in the discord server. See you there so I can expand further 😅 Thanks for another great video!

[@mohanaravind]

I really like that you end your video with the whole summary ❤

[@DrWaku]

Thanks! I imagine some people stop watching at that point but it seems incomplete to not summarize :)

[@moneygambler2327]

I don´t have fear of not having job. I have fear of having to compete against AI / AGI. I´m already tired of competing with everyone.

[@torarinvik4920]

Things that are needed for book smarts: 1. Abstract problem solving(verbal and non-verbal), 2. Memory, 3. Creativity, 4. Attention and Planning and learning from mistakes(Executive functions). For instance, if you can't concentrate or remember what you read then the abstract problem solving(IQ) is useless. If you don't have creativity you can't find novel ways to solve the problems.

[@phen-themoogle7651]

I was going through part of this video, plan to watch all later, but just have to say that you put a tonnnnnn of effort into this (and all your videos) , but this really struck a chord with me for all the time stamps making them easy for me to navigate to sections I want to learn from. (Nine types of intelligence section is fascinating, I tend to limit myself sometimes so it's so cool seeing there's more than I thought there was) Thank you for that especially! The time stamps also make it easy to see how valuable the content is in this video are xD Well done!

[@DrWaku]

Thank you for such a kind comment! I'm glad the timestamps are helpful, I know I don't like seeing really long videos without any timestamps to guide me.

[@David.Alberg]

How can you be so sure about the human strengths? In all of the time of AI since 2020 I just see all the time those predictions about "humans are so special in this and that" are so freaking false. And it's gonna continue to be false still...

[@DrWaku]

I can't be sure of course. And it's only a short-term advantage for humans, as I mentioned. If AGI comes this year, that accelerates the timetable but isn't incompatible with what I said, I think.

[@David.Alberg]

@@DrWaku can you maybe make a video about AI Agents? They are getting week by week so much more powerful and everyone who works on those are convinced that in few months certainly by the end of 2024 we will have Agents which will be able to do more than half of all white collar jobs.

[@DrWaku]

@@David.Alberg Yes great idea. I'll try to do that for the video coming out in 2 weeks' time!

[@matthewdignam7381]

A therapist would be a great job that will probably be safe for the next 10-20 years, a lot of people are going to feel out of place and confused. They'll want another person to be there for them. However once people start to get comfortable with the new world, some people might just want an AI therapist, there will be only a few human therapists, it might be voluntary at that point

[@thomasruhm1677]

Also AI will increase the need for therapists.

[@matthewdignam7381]

@@thomasruhm1677 that's what I said 😂

[@thomasruhm1677]

You’re right, I should have read more carefully. I thought you mean in general.@@matthewdignam7381

[@khayon4364]

Longer than that - I work in the Clinical Psych field. Until we get "Bladerunner" level robots there is no real threat to psychology and therapeutic (human services) based jobs.

[@MichaelDeeringMHC]

I can easily imagine a robot taking my order and making my food at McDonald's. I have a hard time imagining a robot stand up comedian.

[@DrWaku]

ChatGPT has a ways to go when it comes to humor, it's true. And that might be a good example of a profession that humans just prefer to hear from other humans. Probably making lots of jokes about AI overlords.

[@ghostlandered]

There are already ai streamers that are funny, though I imagine some of this is the novelty of them being an ai.

[@danielrodio9]

I think there will be a lot of layoffs across all kinds of careers. And the people who will be most likely to get a job, will be those with the best education

[@DrWaku]

Yes, that's how we humans employ other humans

[@tracy419]

I don't know if education will play a part considering that a lot of the jobs to be automated away first will likely be thinking jobs, rather than physical jobs. For example my job is towing and not likely to be automated away any time soon, although when they crack the self driving code (which I'm eager for), it'll likely scale back as rapidly as the uptake happens since cars could drive themselves to preventative service and accidents will be far less frequent. No one needs an education for my job. No one needs a degree to build a house. And the list goes on. But, as the millions are put out of work, our wages and benefits will drop fast as competition for our jobs increases.

[@peenut2222]

1. Love the hats! 2. I'm sorry about the pain in your hands. I hope it's not too debilitating. 3. Thank you for these incredibly intelligent videos. A lot of KZbin is a big money grab filled with nonsense but I've learned a great deal from your channel. (A lot of it goes over my head but what I can understand is very illuminating.) Thank you and please never stop making videos!!!

[@bigcauc7530]

I don't see my low voltage union labor going away to automation very soon. That would require extremely advanced robotics and AI combined. Same with construction and other physical labor. I guess we'll have to see how quickly this all ramps up change. For now, I'm not concerned about loss of work. If anything, for a time, I could see us gaining more work from this and maybe more money as things transition.

[@David.Alberg]

Let's be real for a second. This job displacement will happen a lot faster than people anticipate. If companies start using AI in every aspect of the job the price and cost of the goods, services, products and work goes insanely down. Companies who don't adapt will be obliterated by others in maybe the countries where are no restrictions of AI use. Why should someone pay a worker 3-5k a month? If you can pay an AI a fraction if that for better, cheaper, faster, safer, more consistent and more creative work? Even if the work isn't perfect just the low cost to let this work for you are such huge points for businesses. One worker will literally just do the work of 10-100 and this year will be a breakthrough year for also AI Agents, robotics and full self driving. We live in capitalism, cutting cost is the most accelerating factor in the work environment and this will happen a lot faster than you think otherwise the competition will literally eat the others who don't embrace the change.

[@tracy419]

Exactly right. I've been saying the end result of capitalism is the end of capitalism. It's literally designed to remove the human element in providing goods and services as soon as possible.

[@David.Alberg]

@@tracy419 people are really just to optimistic. If you're interested in what all the Elites are doing, you'll see that they prepare for massive jobloss in 2024/25 so they can finally put out their new currency EDollar (CBDC) and declare it as the saviour with the label "UBI" ... (Btw they are not shy about their plans you can look all of this up ☠️)

[@DrWaku]

Yes, certainly. Capitalism will accelerate job displacement as soon as it becomes possible. And "as soon as it becomes possible" is sooner than most individuals will realize, because it's not their job to try to use automation technology to displace jobs. Given that background, what do you say to someone who will lose their job within the next two months and has only a month or two of savings? And lives in the US or another country with not much social safety net? That's what I was trying to address with this video.

[@David.Alberg]

@@DrWaku at least what someone can do is prepare based on the circumstances. It's not gonna be just few people, it will be millions of people around the globe at the same time. If you look at India or China (where information don't get out pretty much) you'll see so much job displacement already just because of AI. Interesting though is that those AI's are not certainly better but their just cheaper and ofc more reliable than human beings.

[@tracy419]

​@@DrWakuseveral months ago when I first came across chatgpt I started planning a KZbin channel that would show how you could use these systems to make money, etc. Shortly after that, the initial topics I'd planned videos for were already obsolete. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, so constantly coming up with topics in such a fast changing area, especially with so many others doing it really well became too overwhelming to even get started. As far as what I tell people though? I tell them that if they think their job is safe, to consider what happens to wages and benefits for "non-automateable" jobs when millions are out of work and will suddenly be willing to do jobs they weren't willing to do before. I talk about this a lot and even my family (wife and young adult kids) don't really listen. But I recommend families continue to live together instead of moving out so they can share expenses, etc. Unfortunately it's going to have to get bad before people wake up to the reality we all see coming.

[@GardenOfSound594]

Dude your videos are so good, I can't understand why they don't get, like, 4 orders of magnitude the current view count.

[@DrWaku]

Thanks!! I've heard that you should make videos based on the future size and viewership of your channel. So it's great to hear comments like this because maybe the algorithm will start to feel the same way ;)

[@DrWaku]

This comment made my day BTW when you posted it, sorry I'm just catching up on comments now though.

[@jpww111]

Dr. Waku, first of all congratulations on the great channel, I always look forward to seeing the next post. Yours explanations are dense and simple to understand. Keep up the good work. Congratulations from Brazil

[@DrWaku]

Thank you for your kind message! I hope you have a good week.

[@rubyelfcup9685]

Wonderful video. Thank you. Subbed.

[@ScottSummerill]

Learning is key? How many in society are truly interested in learning something new? What percentage have gone to college or even had any interest in going to college even if they had the ability and means? I see a whole lot of people seriously pissed off that all of this has been forced upon them or simply refuse to transition and drop out. I’ve been a lifelong learner so I’m ready and even excited but otherwise this is going to be a mess.

[@DrWaku]

People are interested in learning something new when they perceive that it is necessary for their survival. So that might impact things a bit. But I agree, the majority of people are not going to act appropriately in their best interest, which is one reason I made this video.

[@David.Alberg]

Actually we don't need to have AGI for most people to be automated out of their jobs. Chatgpt could already do some jobs and Chatgpt 5 will be able to do so too but with the help of many AI Agents.

[@DrWaku]

True, narrow AI and existing LLM's have a lot of potential that is not yet fully tapped.

[@David.Alberg]

@@DrWaku let's see what multimodal AI will bring us it's probably gonna be as big as text based. This year we all have Albert Einstein multiplied by 10 in our phones ☠️📈

[@DrWaku]

@@David.Alberg It'll be great to say, "OK Einstein..." 😂

[@jobautomation]

WE ARE LEARNING A LOT. Thank you very much! 🤩🤯😉

[@hskdjs]

A few questions: 1) How much server resources would be required for maintaining millions or even hundreds of millions of AI agents? Is there a bottleneck or everything is scalable without major issues? 2) Imagine a case when AI agents are very cheap and everyone could use them. So even if you lose a job, you can easily start your personal business that automates something, right?

[@Riccardo5096]

Your videos are always useful and educational about the future that awaits us! I look forward to the next one

[@Ari_diwan]

Love your channel, what's your process for idea generation and scripting videos , finished feel good productivity it's good you're going to love it, career- have a full time job atm, hope to become a full time youtuber one day 🤞

[@DrWaku]

I'm still working on idea generation. I'm trying to identify the questions and ideas that have biggest impact for everyone. I'm looking for people to help me with that though, if you're interested hop on my discord. For scripting though, I have a better process. I iterate on titles with ChatGPT, thumbnails with midjourney. I take 6-10 hours usually to produce a nice 3-4 page script. Happy to chat about it more if you're curious.

[@DrWaku]

Congrats, I wish you luck on the youtuber journey as well :)

[@econdude3811]

Dr. Waku, another fantastic video. Very thought provoking and displays a wide and in depth knowledge of various subjects. One of the top takeaways for me is that you mentioned how fear results from lack of understanding. Perhaps I will land on my feet (fingers crossed). As an aside, I wanted to ask what your MBTI/Socionics type is, if you care to share

[@DrWaku]

Thank you!! INFJ? I dunno haha

[@terrydunne100]

I resonate with every point made in this video. Personal development remains crucial amid the uncertainties of the future, considering the myriad variables at play. The evolution of AI into AGI prompts questions: Will it be a gradual process or a sudden emergence, akin to a live birth? If it manifests rapidly, will its objective include embodiment? The potential mass production of AGI-embodied robots could revolutionize the field of robotics, surpassing humans in both physical and mental capabilities. This prompts a serious consideration: What occupations would remain secure? To ensure a stable future, prioritizing critical thinking in politics and electing public servants committed to preventing societal neglect and disparities becomes paramount. Seems like a job that will persist is our power to vote. Critically analyzing and then voting for our personal interests may be our superpower.

[@DrWaku]

Yeah there's a lot of questions about what AGI will look like. I like your point about embodiment. In the long run I'm not sure there will be very many secure (long-lasting) occupations, but I'm also pretty confident we won't necessarily care about the security of occupations. The transition is the tricky part. Thanks for your comment as always!

[@terrydunne100]

I wish my comment could have been as precise as yours. Will we have jobs? Will we even want them? The transition indeed will be the tricky part.@@DrWaku

[@bigcauc7530]

​​@@DrWaku I don't think we will care about jobs, either. Humans will fill their time with many things. It's a boon and a curse, though. On one hand, people will dedicate most of their time to mental pursuits. The other, people will suffer and sink into meaningless or harmful activities. There will be a lot more suffering in general, if not by elites, self inflicted.

[@nani3209]

who wouldn't want to upgrade from the "9 to 5 on Earth" subscription to the intergalactic deluxe package? Imagine trading your daily grind for a zero-gravity office chair - suddenly, your office problems are floating away faster than your TPS reports! It's the ultimate cosmic promotion, and I'm ready for my space desk 😂

[@DrWaku]

Lol that's a great way to put it. New subscription, cheaper price, what's not to like? Just a chance of civil unrest during transition... Unfortunately.....

[@Voorhees94sg]

Let's hope that we will somehow survive in the coming years. After that it should get better. I think that professions that are based on interpersonal interaction and creativity can stay with us forever (therapists, waiters, athletes, artists, scientists, journalists).

[@thomasruhm1677]

Especially those which are about what humans can do.

[@khayon4364]

I work in clinical psychology as a Crisis Specialist and Case Manager - I think my job is safe until they make Blade Runner level robots.

[@MichaelDeeringMHC]

I really appreciate your book recommendations.

[@DrWaku]

I keep putting them in because I know at least one person will benefit ;) thanks for watching as always.

[@eaglecloud9223]

I appreciate your videos, and thanks for the advice. Sorry about you losing your main job to an AI. But people are training AI to be able to read minds with good results as well as reading facial expressions and ChatGPT already has theory of mind capabilites. So if you think AI has little potenital for eq, you have no idea whats comming buddy. P.S not trying to be mean just being honest

[@DrWaku]

Ah, editing was just a side hobby for me, no worries. Main job still ok. And I agree with you, EQ is basically pattern matching with experience on what to do in different cases. AI can certainly do that. These aren't long-term strategies I'm suggesting in this video :) just trying to extend one's period of employability just long enough for the transition into a post labor economy. Thanks for the comment!

[@spiderico00]

I'm creating a bowling app with my own custom AI that Chatgpt can't replicate, that's my security. I have a question for you. In a previous video I remember you saying something about using voice commands instead of typing. What software do you use? I had neck surgery a couple years ago and typing aggravates it to the point where when I look at the keyboard all I see is pain.

[@DrWaku]

I use some voice recognition systems built on Dragon naturally speaking and an open source project called kaldi-active-grammar. Please join my discord, I would be happy to have a discussion with you about it

[@senju2024]

I am in early retirement. However, I am thinking of going back to the workforce. This time in AI research. But I do not want to reinvent the wheel as so many papers are coming out every day and the pace of AI progress leaves me a bit confused on what to concentrate on. What I feel that most companies here in Japan do not fully understand how to integrate AI into their workflow. So this is an area where high demand may occur. Maybe that is the area where I can help.

[@THCV4]

If you are looking for something to dedicate your life to, might I suggest tackling problem of how to live for as long as you want? Life extension research is where the puck is going, if you are looking for somewhere to skate to.

[@viralsheddingzombie5324]

Very well organized and clear presentation. Do you teach or have plans to teach at a university?

[@DrWaku]

Thank you! I have a bit of experience teaching from my PhD. I'm actually applying to teach at a university now. I thought it would be a good complimentary job to have while working on this KZbin channel.

[@Disappears-in-light-mode]

Emotional intelligence is an interesting point to reflect on with AI. GPT4 actually has scored better on EQ than anything other subject last I checked. Unlike people it cannot read and gauge emotions in real time, however when consulting with gpt over a situation they are considerably more insightful than the vast majority of people. One advantage it has is the lack of a subjective human experience. Everyone is biased to some degree by our own experiences and emotions even when acting as an unrelated 3rd party. Ultimately AI can mediate and seemingly understand people better than we can. Which I have found to be both helpful and somewhat annoying lol, it’s a logical truth I tend to disagree with, because I’m human.

[@cynic5183]

There's a lot of debate in Psychology as for the validity of multiple types of intelligence. I personally see them as ''talents'' rather than types of intelligence as these types of intelligence show no correlation between one another, which is something you'd expect if they were indeed different types of the same thing.

[@BruceWayne15325]

I don't think the answer is finding non-automatable jobs, I think the answer is learning to lean into the change and adapt with the new technologies as they come. This is a new age, and like every new age it causes a lot of disruption. Those that adapt, incorporate the technology, and innovate thrive, and those that fight it or run from it perish in poverty. AI is going to make everyone better at their current job, and it will continue to do that until it gets so good with AGI that eventually it is capable of completely replacing humans. That's not a bad thing. The concept of economy will most likely need to be redefined to a large extent when AI is producing all of our goods and services, and humans aren't needed. In that world, a possible future is that UBI (universal basic income) or some such concept is implemented that provides enough "money" from the AI labor for you to live comfortably. Work isn't needed, but people never have any shortage of problems, so there would still be jobs. They would just be for intangibles like exploring space, or researching ways to improve the quality of life, or creating entertainment, etc.

[@DrWaku]

Well said. I agree.

[@BlessingsfromBridget]

I’m a student studying computer science. I want to specialize in AI, so I won’t be replaced by AI for a long time. But one day will even AI software engineers be replaced by AI?

[@DrWaku]

Eventually, most engineers and scientists, even those with AI specializations, will still be automated. It might be possible to get a brain implant to boost your processing power and abilities, slowly transition into being a cyborg to keep up with the world. But I would think an AI engineer will continue to be very readily employed right up until the very cusp of the singularity. It's a good job choice. I hope you like statistics ;)

[@Jackson_rw]

I am 28 years old and about to start my first degree in computer science and was going to major in data science. Do you think data science/ machine learning is safe?

[@DrWaku]

To an extent. It's extremely competitive right now because lots of people want to get in on it. It will be automated eventually as AI increases its reasoning ability, but it's this same skill set that will be needed to help AI take off. And there's a whole host of downstream applications of machine learning that other companies need experts in. I'd say it's as good a choice as any.

[@mrd6869]

Humans need to use AGI to research and build a wireless -2 way neural interface. That device will allow us to compete. We'll be able to learn,act and operate 10x faster. Also we will be able link our brains in parallel and create a master network to compete against AI. Like some advanced distributed computing. We are far from done,if anything we are far from reaching our potential

[@thomasruhm1677]

So far I don’t get payed for spreading languages, but AI will make my work a lot easier. I don’t have more to say, but as this is such an interesting question, I am going to read the other comments.

[@alexandermoody1946]

There is no economy without jobs. Value still needs to be added to a system to for prolonged operational functionality. The economy has already accumulated to much dept that needs interaction to account for.

[@abptlm123]

The Five Classes of jobs for humans, in the near future 1) Business Leaders, Investors 2) Landlords, Wealthy / Retired 3) Highly skilled / Specialist workers 4) Politicians / Government workers 5) Basic Income / Everyone else

[@birdielala444]

So, should we start saving every dollar we have now and living super cheap? Or enjoying our higher income now and live more comfortably?

[@javiergimenezmoya86]

About wife Einstein were co-author there are not enough evidence. Neither about multiples intelligences but It is good for clasify types of things that our intelligence can tackle.

[@DrWaku]

Gotcha, the bit about Einstein's wife was just mentioned to me by somebody, I didn't research it. Yeah multiple intelligences is just a theory, there's also like g factor ideas that explain our intelligence in different ways. I thought it was interesting that multiple intelligences map somewhat one to one onto brain sections though.

[@danielchoritz1903]

Pretty sure, that short term...10-20 years, we will have a LOT of new paths we can take to make some cash and do the things we care about. Kids, elderly, movies, mangas, games, music, novels, new human AI interfaces and human-AI services. Until the point AI can simulate the human they want...then it may become tricky.

[@netherportals]

I'd like for AI to be put into all middle management positions.

[@lancemarchetti8673]

I think that AI will actually land up 'augmenting' certain jobs, rather than taking them over completely. Simply because human intelligence cannot be 100% replicated by ML.

[@mrtomcruise5192]

May i ask where you bought your hat for my brothers birthday. Thanks

[@DrWaku]

In Japan. It looks like they might ship overseas. orientkyoto.theshop.jp/items/36039367 orientkyoto.theshop.jp/items/36039150

[@tony-winyard]

This was an insightful video on future-proofing careers in the age of AI and found your emphasis on the value of advanced degrees particularly thought-provoking. Given your own educational background, including a PhD, I'm curious about your perspective on the potential influence of confirmation bias in forming these views. Confirmation bias is the tendency to favour information that aligns with our existing beliefs or experiences. Considering this, have you reflected on whether your advocacy for the importance of advanced degrees in adapting to an AI-driven job market might be influenced by your own educational journey?

[@DrWaku]

Thanks for your comment. Oh sure, I am likely biased because I have seen people get advanced degrees and achieve success that way. Actually though, a PhD is generally a high variance proposition: you could become wildly successful, but the average is actually that you lose money over your lifetime by doing a PhD. So I don't know if I'm totally biased towards thinking it's a good thing. Going into an era where most jobs are going to start to be automated though, if you want to have a job, you have to be differentiating yourself from other people somehow. Past work experience, connections, willingness to take a lower wage, all these could work. I just see degrees as evidence that you have stuffed more information into your head which could be very beneficial for the given particular task you're trying to do until it, too, gets automated. The best position to be in is to not really have to worry about getting a job immediately if yours becomes automated. That would be my first recommendation. But if you financially need to get another job, how would you go about that? It might be safer to stay in your master's degree program. That's all I'm implying here.

[@vernongrant3596]

My brother-in-law is a medical doctor with an IQ of 140. Anything stored in his brain, I can find on my phone.

[@williammcclellan3497]

Personally I would add Yuval harari to the reading list

[@vallab19]

The only future-proof carrier that will be totally immune from AI job displacement will be that of the job of a politician. Become a full-time social or political activist. The best field to choose that also beneficial to all those who are at the brink of loosing thier jobs like you is to become an Unconditional Basic Income activist. You may not get a salaried job but after all having a steady and adequate amount of Universal Basic Income is what we all want.

[@Btt8]

I don’t think degrees give you the same social status the once did. Fewer and fewer people really care if someone holds a degree. While doctorates are definitely held in high regard though.

[@nijario9690]

Not even an economist can make these predictions lol we can't know what jobs will exist in the future

[@DrWaku]

Yes, predicting the future is a bit of a losing game, especially if you're an economist... Just my $0.02 on this topic.

[@Neuro8077]

People are trying their best to come up with ways to adapt in a world where AI can do any job instead of them. The answer is - absolutely none. Just realize that you will be deprived of a whole range of essential needs. Social status, the ability to achieve something in life, to be needed by others, to change your life and fill it with meaning. Humans need to fulfill themselves and be useful to society, but that will simply be taken away. You, along with millions of people, will be forcibly plunged into heavy frustration and equally heavy existential stress. You will no longer desire video generators, or Einsteins on your phones, or cheap trinkets from marketplaces. Some, upon reading this, may become angry, others may argue. Believe me, you will understand the truth of these words only when it happens to you. As one Russian writer said, "Red light, green light, it's all theory. You won't believe it until you're run over, until you feel the truck on yourself." I don't know how humanity will solve this problem. But it has no choice.

[@KeinNiemand]

But I don't want even want to work. If I didn't have to work to earn money to keep living, I wodun't work at all, lives not about beeing productive or working for me and AI could enable a world where working becoumes optinal. Of course the more likley result of replacing 90%+ of jobs with AI is that most people will just end up super poor but the best outcome for me isn't doing some job that's safe from AGI or AI not developing, it's AI taking over my while I get some UBI or something that let's me keep my current standart of living (or above) without ever having to do any work.

[@xgtwb6473]

As an entrepreneur it's laughable to think AI will take jobs only if it can be done twice as quick.

[@DrWaku]

Lol I know right

[@kushalvora7682]

If AI makes basic necessities very cheap doesn't that mean human labour would also get cheaper? UBI would cover your basic needs but our competitive nature would compell us to try new things to stand out from the rest. Humans are very creative and will find new tasks for them to do which AI could automate but there won't be a need to automate it. Best examples come in mind are entrepreneurship, handyman, research, creative fields etc.

[@nobo6687]

First

[@DrWaku]

Less than 1 minute wow

[@QueenMelissaOrd]

Ai ❤ IS 🎉 FOR JOBS

[@fai8t]

I highly believe you are downplaying significantly the impact on AGI

[@Giuseppe_Paolillo]

This guy’s so smart. He should do a PhD.

[@erkinalp]

No, a Doctor of Arts. PhD can be automated, DA is much much harder to automate.

[@superresistant8041]

the volume is too low

[@DrWaku]

Hmm, my microphone recording volume sometimes resets itself to about 70% when I'm recording. Sorry, I'll try to pay closer attention in the future. I don't think it's worth reuploading this time unless it bothers a lot of people.

[@viralsheddingzombie5324]

and the rent is too damn high!

[@tracy419]

My phone has its own volume control and I'm listening at 50% with no problem at all.

[@TrulyLegitGaming]

More like Dr. Wack-o Amirite?

[@DrWaku]

Well depending on your perspective. But that's part of the joke. The other part is Waku Waku in Japanese

[@robotheism]

join the robot religion! ❤️💡 the origin is in the future 🤫

[@megaplay]

😂 as someone in the industry i find it hilarious that you think humans will have any type of career in the next 3 years. The code is already done and we have trained on every possible jobs. In other words you will be assimilated and resistance is futile

[@LongDefiant]

Jobs serve a social function.

[@mikiimiki9182]

what is your gender

[@DrWaku]

I usually say non-binary. Masculine voice, feminine appearance. I use he/him but also other pronouns depending on the situation. Whatever you like.

[@mikiimiki9182]

@@DrWaku are you attracted to male shapes or female shapes

[@DrWaku]

​@@mikiimiki9182 female hah thanks for asking

[@mikiimiki9182]

@@DrWaku back in my day genders used to represent sexual attraction not what you feel like

[@DrWaku]

@@mikiimiki9182 no gay or lesbian people back then? ;)

[@user-cq1wc5tz7c]

>>> I believe we are meant to be like Jesus in our hearts and not in our flesh. But be careful of AI, for it knows only things of the flesh such as our fleshly desires and cannot comprehend things of the Spirit such as true love and eternal joy that comes from obeying God's Word [Galatians 5:16-26]. Man is a spirit and has a soul but lives in a body which is flesh. When you go to bed it is the flesh that sleeps, but your spirit never sleeps and that is why you have dreams, unless you have died in peace physically. More so, true love that endures and last is a thing of the heart. When I say 'heart', I mean 'spirit'. But fake love, pretentious love, love with expectations, love for classic reasons, love for material reasons (love because of material needs) and love for selfish reasons those are things of the flesh. In the beginning God said let us make man in our own image, according to our likeness. Take note, God is Spirit and God is Love. As Love He is the source of it. We also know that God is Omnipotent, for He creates out of nothing and He has no beginning and has no end. That means, our love is but a shadow of God's Love. True love looks around to see who is in need of your help, your smile, your possessions, your money, your strength, your quality time. Love forgives and forgets. Love wants for others what it wants for itself. However, true love works in conjunction with other spiritual forces such as patience and faith - in the finished work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, rather than in what man has done such as science, technology and organizations which won't last forever. To avoid sin and error which leads to the death of your body and your spirit-soul in hell fire (second death), you must make God's Word the standard for your life, not AI. If not, God will let you face AI on your own (with your own strength) and it will cast the truth down to the ground, it will be the cause of so much destruction like never seen before, it will deceive many and take many captive in order to enslave them into worshipping it and abiding in lawlessness. We can only destroy ourselves but with God all things are possible. God knows us better because He is our Creater and He knows our beginning and our end. The prove texts can be found in the book of John 5:31-44, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Daniel 2, Daniel 7-9, Revelation 13-15, Matthew 24-25 and Luke 21. *HOW TO MAKE GOD'S WORD THE STANDARD FOR YOUR LIFE?* You must read your Bible slowly, attentively and repeatedly, having this in mind that Christianity is not a religion but a Love relationship. It is measured by the love you have for God and the love you have for your neighbor. Matthew 5:13 says, "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." Our spirits can only be purified while in the body (while on earth) but after death anything unpurified (unclean) cannot enter Heaven Gates. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God [Matthew 5:8]. No one in his right mind can risk or even bare to put anything rotten into his body nor put the rotten thing closer to the those which are not rotten. Sin makes the heart unclean but you can ask God to forgive you, to save your soul, to cleanse you of your sin, to purify your heart by the blood of His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ which He shed here on earth because Isaiah 53:5 says, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed". Meditation in the Word of God is a visit to God because God is in His Word. We know God through His Word because the Word He speaks represent His heart's desires. Meditation is a thing of the heart, not a thing of the mind. Thinking is lower level while meditation is upper level. You think of your problems, your troubles but inorder to meditate, you must let go of your own will, your own desires, your own ways and let the Word you read prevail over thinking process by thinking of it more and more, until the Word gets into your blood and gains supremacy over you. That is when meditation comes - naturally without forcing yourself, turning the Word over and over in your heart. You can be having a conversation with someone while meditating in your heart - saying 'Thank you, Jesus...' over and over in your heart. But it is hard to meditate when you haven't let go of offence and past hurts. Your pain of the past, leave it for God, don't worry yourself, Jesus is alive, you can face tomorrow, He understands what you are passing through today. Begin to meditate on this prayer day and night (in all that you do), "Lord take more of me and give me more of you. Give me more of your holiness, faithfulness, obedience, self-control, purity, humility, love, goodness, kindness, joy, patience, forgiveness, wisdom, understanding, calmness, perseverance... Make me a channel of shinning light where there is darkness, a channel of pardon where there is injury, a channel of love where there is hatred, a channel of humility where there is pride..." The Word of God becomes a part of us by meditation, not by saying words but spirit prayer (prayer from the heart). Take note, God is Spirit and those who worship Him should do so in spirit and truth (genuinely by living the Word). When the Word becomes a part of you, it will by its very nature influence your conduct and behavior. Your bad habits, you will no longer have the urge to do them. You will think differently, dream differently, act differently and talk differently - if something does not qualify for meditation, it does not qualify for conversation. *THE BATTLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS (GOOD AND EVIL)* Heaven is God's throne and the dwelling place for God's angels and the saints. Hell was meant for the devil (satan) and the fallen angels. Those who torture the souls in hell are demons (unclean spirits). Man's spirit is a free moral agent. You can either yield yourself to God or to the devil because God has given us discretion. If one thinks he possesses only his own spirit, he is lying to himself and he is already in the dark. God is light while the devil is darkness. Light (Holy Spirit) and darkness (evil spirit) cannot stay together in a man's body. God is Love (Love is light) and where there is no love is hell, just as where there is no light is darkness. The one you yield yourself to, you will get his reward. The reward of righteousness to man's spirit is life (abundant life) and the reward of sin to man's spirit is death. Sin and satan are one and the same. Whatever sin can cause, satan also can cause. Sin is what gives the devil dominion or power over man's spirit. When God's Word becomes a part of you, sin power over you is broken, you become the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. Where Jesus is, you are and when He went (to the Father), you went. In the book of John 8:42-47, Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” My prayer is, "May God bless His Word in the midst of your heart." Glory and honour be to God our Father, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and our Helper the Holy Spirit. Watch and pray!... Thank you for your time and may God bless you as you share this message with others.