From the course: What Is Generative AI?
The future of jobs
- When starting to work with generative AI, it's imperative that we hold conscious contemplations for the future of jobs. As you know, there's a lot of hype at the moment filled with a lot of Hollywood-powered fear that machines are now taking over. This is simply not true. If anyone is taking over, it is us humans who are entering in a new golden age for creativity and production. Will there be a shift in the job market? Yeah, absolutely, as it has always been throughout history. Whenever a new advanced technology is introduced, it's normal for some jobs to disappear, while other new ones are introduced. Let's give an example. Before alarm clocks, there were knocker uppers. These were kids who were hired to knock on the windows to wake people up. The job obviously disappeared when new job opportunities for alarm clock manufacturers emerged. The second example would be the switchboard operator jobs. They disappeared due to the widespread adoption of automated telephone exchange systems, and even though it made jobs disappear, automated telephone exchange systems revolutionized communication and connected people all across the world. What if I were to tell you that there's a very high possibility that certain parts of your job that are repetitive, dirty, dull, dangerous, or difficult, the four D's, can be automated? As a result, you will have more time focusing parts of your skills that are more human-centric, like creativity, problem solving, empathy, and leadership. Just like the digital revolution in the 90s gave birth to the emergence of new companies, we're now witnessing several new endeavors due to the generative AI revolution. As the co-founder of a generative AI-powered creative company, let me assure you that all our operations are run by humans. Our company employs developers, cloud architects, generative AI artists, customer relations, project managers, writers, creative directors, and human producers. If the Industrial Revolution created jobs that were robotic for humans, the Generative AI Revolution will be our liberation and freedom from them. Each person will turn into their own creative studio and the barriers between your vision and its manifestation will disappear. Complex films, music, writing, and all forms of creative production tools will be simplified and given to your fingertips. Humanity will transcend from a society of consumers to creators. The ones that excel in the future of job markets will be those that strengthen their unique personal emotional skills that no computer can ever mimic. My advice would be to start investing in expanding your consciousness, start getting to know what makes you unique, and sharpen your interpersonal, emotional, and creative skills.