Posted on 07/13/2025 7:48:27 PM PDT by Cronos
Young people desiring a middle class lifestyle should consider the skilled trades. Plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, RV techs, machinists, custom woodworkers, auto mechanics, welders, electronic system designers and installers, and other vocational jobs have been in high demand for decades, pay middle class incomes, and offer the potential to work independently as your own boss. It will be decades before AI enabled robots will be making house calls to add a new electric panel, replace a water heater, or repair a heat pump.
I retired 16 years ago. Too early but no big regrets.Glad I’m not part of the new world.
AI is already having productivity impact in a lot of areas. Code writing, network management, systems management. A lot of what you read is now generated by bots.
Present models strike me as “artificially fast” but not “artificially intelligent.”
At present, Grok is like a committee, dumb as all of us.
BKMRK
I’m with you on this one.
“To bad we can’t have AI run the government.
First we have to teach it to steal.”
Don’t worry, AI figured out how to lie and blackmail on it’s own, it will learn how to steal.
I just enjoy those customer service bots. They provide a list of topics they will help you with but does not include the topic you need help in. And there is no way to get a human to help you. Progress!
No doubt about it. While initially beyond the budget for most men, when convincing sex robots can be rented like a Cadillac Escalade for the weekend, marriage is over and done for many.
Absolutely correct. On its own AI is as reliable as the "fact" checkers. Specific example, was doing research on an individual bytheir working knickname/motto. Turns out there are two people with that working motto. AI merged them and created a rather laughable (on its face and factually)summary. Where accuracy counts all AI generated responses will have to be validated by a human. Additionally (same example), AI missed helpful detail due to not seeing the "right" keywords. Simply put, AI is no better than the abilities (and biases) of its developer
Except it assumes that the consumer wants to do the work.
Like self check outs, having a system that I have to design, or that I have to key punch like accounting, or that I have to train on the subject like the CSR is not a winner.
I don’t want to mow my lawn. I hire someone. I am certainly not going to want to try to give a paralegal bot all the information... I won’t know what is important or want to do the work. And ultimately since I am fully responsible there is no liability.
I hate spending hours trying to find tavel deals online. Too complex. I love that there still is a local travel agent.
Life gets worse 😪 when competent humans are replaced with bots.
What capitalism in the 20th century gave us was an opportunity to live well.
This future is about living without help. In total complexity.
What a new hell!
There is deep knowledge that machine learning cannot touch.
Dont forget those who capitalize on synergies to create efficiencies in a fast, dynamic environment.
Making predictions is difficult, especially about the future.
It is ruining search engines the first 5 to 10 search searches are repetitive ai claptrap.
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If anything is going to drive women back home e it will be the hard trades and semi trade work.
Interesting recent comment from Musk on difficulty with AI.
https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1944197908565569860
“It is surprisingly hard to avoid both woke libtard cuck and mechahitler.”
There’s more at the link, but that’s the meat of it.
Robots can already repair other robots, and they are getting better at it.
No middle class income when there is an oversupply.
Smarter to make new career options
People who can design and manage home electronics or design and implement a home hydroponic food system
Or design and implement home telephonic.
Or help choose install and maintain electronic security a d passwords for computers and home digital systems.
Or choose components design and maintain security systems
Or work with breaking and re tuning cars and trucks overriding electronics and providing privacy.
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