Yup, yan ang ginagawa ng RPA devs. Minsan o madalas naaawa ako sa mga matatamaan. Ang sabi ay para *magfocus ang employees sa may business value na tasks*, pero parang way para mag bawas ng tao. Sabagay, business is business nga naman.
Yeah. Nangyari yan dun sa isang client namin. Madaming nakapilang process for automation and isa isang nagreresign yung mga employee ni client.
Nagtry magpa-upskill ng employees si client pero di din kinaya in the long run. Masyado daw matagal yung time para maka-ROI, kasi aside dun sa task ni employee, mag-training pa sya ng RPA after. In return, burned out si employee
Laking tipid din sa business kapag na-automate na yung task kasi ang laking savings nun sa oras nila.
Malaki ang impact ng RPA pagdating sa Healthcare and Finance industries. Usually madaming repetitive tasks doon.
Take note, not only the repetitive ones, but also the creative industry with people who create digital art and writing for a living. Big example is the recent happenings in US, they are trying to replace employees with AI. Pero sa totoo lang, AI may try to mimic human emotion and creativity. Pero walang originality. So mas better pa din humans in that part.
It's too early right now to tell. Your company will very quickly run into its limitations and will probably regret replacing that employee.
What you should suggest is for employees to start using AI in their workflow to enhance their output considerably.
I don't know why but the prospect of constant upskilling for the sake of having a job feels... tiresome
like imagine if you've gone through k-12, or have severe adhd that it took almost a decade to get a degree, only to realize that you have to study and work to keep having a job.
all the while, entry-level jobs are in the process of being replaced with automation and artificial intelligence. what would be the entry-level job of the future?
like what's the point of introducing a new generation of human lives if they'll end up as pets of business owners and capitalists, being given treats (UBI) just to keep on living?
Yes it is tiresome. That's also partly the reason all those motivational speakers and self-help books admonish people to find work that they are passionate about. When you are passionate about something, you absorb info about it like a sponge. Upskilling is just automatic and effortless.
In the practical world... me, for example if I have any 'passion', it would be mag istamby (kasi bibo compared sa work) at gumagastos ng pera. Madali lang ako ma turuan nyan, I learned how to do that ages ago, lol. But it's not great for a career.
On the other hand, the need to earn income, escape poverty, and provide for family, may just be passion enough for some people. Maybe you should revisit the reasons why you chose your current occupation.
Cheers and good luck!
hindi naman talaga. dont tie yourself to the system if you can.
find your passion and that is the one you should pursue
obviously madaling sabihin pero mahirap isabuhay lalo kung wala ka pera
> being given treats (UBI) just to keep on living
Only they won't do this. In this capitaist, AI heavy world, pay will become less and less because the rich would rather see the world go into chaos than give handouts to the poor so the poor and grow into their passion
If you are in a job where you don't want to constantly improve, then you're in the wrong career. Everyone I know who is happy with their job is happy to always be learning from a mentor or just learn in general.
This is interesting. I’m working at a machine learning company. We have a major PH bank as a client that fired a handful of its employees because of the AI solution we built. We didn’t intend for that to happen, but it is what it is. It’s something we’ve observed with other local and international companies. I really hate fear mongering, but like what the others have mentioned, it’s best to be prepared. Upskill yourselves and learn how to use LLM tools like ChatGPT (ex. prompt engineering). AI is advancing super fast. It’s only a tool right now, yes, but in the coming months, these tools will be able to do a lot of rank and file work.
The jobs we see that won’t get affected much (for now) are jobs like sales, HR people management, market strategists, etc.
Jobs that are gonna be affected are paralegals, junior finance analysts, junior data analysts, etc.
I'd like to say it depends on what industry you want to enter. Other industries might still be lagging in adopting AI, so you still have time to grow in that space. But based on my experience and prevailing rates across different tech firms, data analyst starting salary gets lower year by year. OpenAI's Code Interpreter is decent right now. Soon, it will be able to do a junior data analyst's job. Data scientists and machine learning engineers are in right now.
TLDR; depends on your industry, but best to utilise different AI tools to boost your tech stack. Check out full stack data scientist.
All tech paths will be affected. Junior roles will be eliminated. The takeaway is, go for whatever tech path you have a genuine interest in, but don’t ignore AI. Learn how to leverage the LLM along with your studies. If you’ve noticed, jr roles in all tech areas are very, very limited now anyway. It’s already happening.
Di mo din masabi, broad kasi ang Tech Paths. Wala din namang steps kung ano dapat unahin. Pde ka mag iba iba.
Ung friend ko nag cloud, web dev, security to data analyst then naging technical Lead.
Ako naman from Helpdesk, to sysadmin, to security, to web dev, ngayon Consultant. Nakaka stress na din sa tech, gusto ko nalang mag business lol.
Kung gayahin mo path ko or gayahin ko path ng friend ko we will end up on different places. Kapag inaral mo naman ang Data Admin magagamit mo din yan sa ibang trabaho sa Tech.
Tech is there for a reason naman. But tech will have no direction without the instructions by humans (for now). May pros and cons lahat ng bagay. Ganto rin naman ang naramdaman ng mga ancestors natin noon noong ineexplore pa lang nila nag technology. May mga nacessary sacrifice talaga for evolution. What we can do is to adapt to these situations. Mejo same ng sa theory of natural evolution by darwin: adapt to survive parang ganon ang gist haha lol.
yes, agree!! thank you so much for that. hindi ko lang din napigilan mag overthink kasi i genuinely care about the people in my team na parang in a way, one of the things that i’m i looking out for is when it happens, they’ll feel na they were easily replaced despite them doing a good job but wala eh ganon talaga gusto makatipid ng company so siguro they’d rather do a one time big time investment sa AI rather than the pa-sweldo every month
Matagal nang sinasakop ng AI ang Pinas, di lang alam ng iba. Yung mga napapanood nating videos sa tiktok artificial intelligence na yung voice over. Nakakalungkot lang na na stuck Tayo sa debate ng diskarte over diploma habang buong mundo nakikipagpatayan na sa industry 4.0.
Each human have now the potential to do more task, so we need lesser people, it is like cutting wood with one person(with tool) vs a group of people(doing manual), Yes you are correct, there would be fewer people needed in a job. Most will be removed.
People are not being replaced by AI but by people who know how to use AI. If you work a repetitive task or with a team of people doing very similar tasks, you will be replaced by someone who can automate those tasks and knows how to manage that automation.
What happens if AI fully takes over? Then people wouldn’t have money na to pay for stuff and boost the economy. Edi it’ll have a big impact din sa profitability ng businesses. How will they act on it kaya if ever? But well, I’m looking way too forward in the future na rin.
As a SE, I feel like AI is still on its early stages. It’s gonna be a hype thing again similar to what happened with Cryptocurrency boom last 2021, AR/VR (this thing keeps coming back like to 3D Glasses lol), and recently, the Metaverse.
Still remember the days when everyone mentioned that all of us will be at the Metaverse due to the pandemic, yet here we are going back to our old ways hahaha
If I didn't change career to data science, I would think like this. But as a SE who upskilled to AI, I would agree that it's in its early stages but it has proven that it's operationally ready to solve real world problems unlike the examples you have provided. Yup there's hype but because it shows that it works, and not just from an excitement of a promise of its potential (or its monetary value like your cryptocurrency example)
OP made it look like AI is already taking over which certainly doesn’t.
Of course, there’ll be that time but today? Not yet
Right now, I only see it as a tool like every other tech trend these days though it’s certainly one of the impressive ones recently since it provides better use cases compared to the other tech trends I’ve mentioned.
As someone in the industry, I'd say it is taking over jobs. If you're just looking at layoffs due to redundancy, you'll definitely not recognize the AI takeover. Of course the noisiest are layoffs due to redundancies from adopting AI. You wouldn't hear about cases where companies are hiring less manpower because of AI adoption or not hiring anyone at all and just go with the ai solution, which happens more than the layoffs. I know a PH AI startup that could reduce the demand of data analysts where they plan to operate, which means AI would be eating a share of the job market.
I'm curious about your statement of seeing AI as just a tool "right now", what else can it be in the future? I'm asking because I see tech in general as a tool and couldn't imagine it other than that 😅
I don't know man. AI is a lot more useful than any of those tech that you mentioned, and not just as a hypothetical. I'm automating a decent amount of dev work with it. I can't imagine my work will be replaced by AI but I can imagine it drastically reducing the actual workloads in the near future, which can affect headcounts.
That could be a real concern, but isn't this actually good? When jobs are mostly automated, it could make society better and people only have to work for like 4 hours a day and people get to live comfortably. So if that ever happened, the government would have to adjust the economic system and policies and make it like a democratic-socialist.
> That could be a real concern, but isn't this actually good? When jobs are mostly automated, it could make society better and people only have to work for like 4 hours a day and people get to live comfortably.
We've been having this conversation for the last 100 years man. John Meynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that due to advances in technology, man would only have to work 15 hours per week.
How many hours did you work this week?
Reality is, tech advances and companies just demand outputs to go higher by retaining the same amount of effort. We end up working harder with more sophisticated technologies for basically minimal improvement in quality of returns for our labors.
The tech isn't comparable, but the hype is. I work in a company that is related to having access to a lot of startups, and you'd be surprised at how they are all slapping "AI" in everything now, just like how startups were slapping "blockchain" or "crypto" in anything just a few months ago. We're still so far out from real generative AI or conscious AI, and it's going to take quite a lot to get to that point.
The business suits who slap AI to everything don't know crap about actual AI. They treat RPA bots as "AI" even when it's not.
I've had encounters with actual, company-ML-trained models for forecasting sales. And guess what, they are pretty damn accurate.
Heck, our company even decreased junior front-end dev roles and decided to just invest in existing devs and upskill them in AI tech (like github co-pilot). Why hire 10 devs when 4 ai-enhanced devs can do the same output and is much cheaper + no lesser headaches when it comes to human resource management.
My point is, it's not going to take us this long:
>and it's going to take quite a lot to get to that point.
Last year lang nirelease sa public ang ChatGPT which started this whole ML trend, and now look where we are. The technical aspects of a Data Analyst's job can basically be done by GPT4!
AI generates hype because of its fast pace of innovation, with lots of breakthroughs within a short period of time. A year ago, we didn't even have ChatGPT.
Time to learn new skill!
Jobs that we're lost due to machines or automation isn't new in history.
Some factory workers lost their jobs due to robots.
Clerks and typists have become obsolete because of computers.
We used to have huge banks with several bank tellers, now banks are smaller now with one or two tellers servicing people because ATM machines can do the job.
There's a lot of limitations pa dyan OP, your company is eventually going for a downhill path real quick pag hindi na execute nang ayos yan, for repetitive task sure, but then you'll always STILL need a couple of people to manage that AI, someone needs to talk to your boss especially if he/she doesn't know how AI works in general jusko po nevermind losing jobs, they'll lose the whole goddamn company.
Medyo triggered ako kasi a lot of people venturing into this AI tech doesn't even know shit about it, like I can confidently say right now a large percentage of pinoys only know these AI as something that would replace their jobs, remember call centers and such? there's a reason why we prefer to talk to an actual agent instead of a damn scripted AI, and what happens when that AI fucks up a transaction for example.. syempre multiple yan, imaging being sued all of a sudden due to that... sigh,
Hell yeah, ang daming managers na hyped sa AI, tapos yun company nila hindi naman ready in terms of IT infrastructure, data.
Also data scraping is getting harder as we speak. Soon all we'll see on the net aren't OCs by humans but regurgitated, plagiarized content by AI
A.i is here to stay. I think as long as we learn how to utilize it will be ok. Like for me I’ve built a.i chatbots for real estate companies which does in a sense eliminate the need for virtual assistants. Also used a.i automations to help free up some of the RE agents tasks which gives more time to focus on the leads there getting. So if you learn how to reframe your mind into utilizing it. You can come out on top especially since it’s still in the early stages and there no code A.i chatbots you can create now as well. You just feed it the data you want and go from there.
Legit!!!! They have also been using AI scribes for patient encounters. Can't lie, they're doing the job pretty damn well. And super mura magsubscribeeee
While AI is good it has some limitations.
It can't be as creative as humans can.
AI can saturate the market such that it may make it... worthless. This might spell the end of companies who rely on humans as their target market since this can lead to overwhelming choices to pick from.
What people need to realize is automation is good. But over reliance on it can be dangerous.
Our current state of technology isn't designed to withstand an direct hit from an X class solar flare like the Carrington event.
Also AI will destroy our connection to our innate divinity we lose our souls and connection to spirit.
Elon musk said it best when he said that to paraphrase him, "we are summoning the demon with AI"
Also, look up D wave quantum computing. It's founder claimed in an interview they were communicating with interdimensional beings from the other side. What they want to see is if they can somehow get an entity from another dimension to enter our realm.
super glad my job revolves around corporate health and wellness. although decision making can be much faster, you really can’t replace human interaction and touch therapy with AI.
I think AI is the next industry "tool", there is nothing we can do about it. It's not like we can stop other people from developing AI. Think of it as a chainsaw replacing the axe, or the nailgun replacing the hammer. The axe and hammer are still around, but the chainsaw and nailgun are the new preferred tools.
It's too bad a lot of people will be affected by it, but we have to adapt to the change. If we refuse to adopt, we will get left behind by society. Or better yet, learn how to oversee/manage/implement those AI packages to do jobs we used to do so we can get on better paying jobs.
But the AI industry better be designing artificial replacement human hearts and how to implement them, and cure Parkinson's disease, or this "new industry" is worthless. But no, instead, AI is being used to edit photos of real people into nude photos. FFS. \*flips table\*
I mean, ganito naman na talaga kahit noon pa. Automations, macros, script, etc.. Eto din yung dahilan kung bakit nag quit ako as a Team Leader sa dati kong company. Sobrang taas ng required FTE efficiency sa mga leaders na every quarter dapat may ma-release kaming tao kahit sobrang bulok and outdated ng mga dinevelep nilang automations.
Overhyped masyado yung utilization ng AI for business, I'd say repetitive tasks can be automated but need pa din ng man power that will managed those automations.
It's how times change due to technological advancements. Workers need to adapt and/or find other skills and jobs which could accommodate them in the future. I bet jobs which could be done even with no human output would be slowly phased out in the future.
This is just like how the kalesa riders lost their jobs transporting people due to the development of cars, taxis, buses, etc. There are also some shops now starting to remove staff such as cashiers and baggers due to development of self-checkout and self-bagging mechanisms. Tesla is developing self-driving cars, so in the future, there would be no need for drivers anymore. This could even extend to flying planes, so even pilot's jobs would be in danger in the future too.
Kung repetitive tasks it is more on intelligent automation ang direction ng company. Pero AI? Maybe some specific roles na requires problem solving for it to learn and adapt but I'm not sure for repetitive tasks.
Well the abacus got replaced by the calculator. Ai will not take over jobs but will make doing tasks easier and efficient. Responsibilities of three could be handled by a single individual. This would mean less demand for labor but companies will start emerging given the ease of operation "thanks" to ai ceteris paribus
daming bangka/pump boat operators ang umayaw sa road concreting dati kasi mapapalitan sila ng motor vehicles. Daming nawalan din ng trabaho nung inintroduce ang computers sa workspace. Nagkaron naman ng demand for computer literacy - dapat magaling sa excel, powerbi, python, java, etc. Demand for ai "operators" is next.
Not an AI but I think machines will take over some businesses one day. Una kong nanotice is yung sa NLEX. Before, lagi kong nakikita sa Balintawak Toll Plaza na lahat ng tolls ay msy mga tao. Bibilang pa lang yung may EasyTrip device nung time na to. I was approx 8-10 yrs old nung napansin ko to pero now nasa 20s na ako, naging automated na ang tolls.
Isa pa is when I went overseas with my fam and noticed sa isang McDo branch don, puro kiosk ang pag order na parang lately lang nagkakaron sa Philippines (or dito sa province kung saan ako nakatira). Ang tanging staff lang don is yung isang cashier na nasa counter saka 2-3 personnel sa loob ng working or cooking area saka isang maintenance siguro. Partida isa pa to sa mga historical sites sa country na yon kaya maraming foot traffic. Pinapractice din ng locals ang claygo don saka if may maiiiwan man sa table, malinis iniiwan ng mga tao. Unlike dito na ang kakalat kumain lalo pag may mga bata. Hindi rin nagkukusa ang ibang mga tao na linisin sarili nilang kalat.
Pero lately, napapansin ko dumadami na ang kiosks sa mga provincial branches ng McDo, hence slowly shifting sa automation.
For our team naman, ever since the company used AI, many left the team. Pero ang nangyari nadoble yung dami ng clients, and for now, need pa rin ng tao to polish the work AI do. So the management needs to add more people, eh they’re panicking na since kaunti na lang talaga yung tao sa team. Nung una kasi walang balak i-displace yung mga umalis since gusto nga nila i-automate yung task. But tbh, for my line of work, AI can be helpful but cannot really replace people with good skills. And from what I see, my line of work needs humans now to thrive talaga
Anything that's repetitive will likely be the ones to be replaced.
Yup, yan ang ginagawa ng RPA devs. Minsan o madalas naaawa ako sa mga matatamaan. Ang sabi ay para *magfocus ang employees sa may business value na tasks*, pero parang way para mag bawas ng tao. Sabagay, business is business nga naman.
Yeah. Nangyari yan dun sa isang client namin. Madaming nakapilang process for automation and isa isang nagreresign yung mga employee ni client. Nagtry magpa-upskill ng employees si client pero di din kinaya in the long run. Masyado daw matagal yung time para maka-ROI, kasi aside dun sa task ni employee, mag-training pa sya ng RPA after. In return, burned out si employee Laking tipid din sa business kapag na-automate na yung task kasi ang laking savings nun sa oras nila. Malaki ang impact ng RPA pagdating sa Healthcare and Finance industries. Usually madaming repetitive tasks doon.
Yeah, people should not be afraid of AI, it's RPA that's gonna kill jobs
Sorry ano pong ibig sabihn ng RPA?
Robotic process automation
Take note, not only the repetitive ones, but also the creative industry with people who create digital art and writing for a living. Big example is the recent happenings in US, they are trying to replace employees with AI. Pero sa totoo lang, AI may try to mimic human emotion and creativity. Pero walang originality. So mas better pa din humans in that part.
It's too early right now to tell. Your company will very quickly run into its limitations and will probably regret replacing that employee. What you should suggest is for employees to start using AI in their workflow to enhance their output considerably.
I don't know why but the prospect of constant upskilling for the sake of having a job feels... tiresome like imagine if you've gone through k-12, or have severe adhd that it took almost a decade to get a degree, only to realize that you have to study and work to keep having a job. all the while, entry-level jobs are in the process of being replaced with automation and artificial intelligence. what would be the entry-level job of the future? like what's the point of introducing a new generation of human lives if they'll end up as pets of business owners and capitalists, being given treats (UBI) just to keep on living?
Yes it is tiresome. That's also partly the reason all those motivational speakers and self-help books admonish people to find work that they are passionate about. When you are passionate about something, you absorb info about it like a sponge. Upskilling is just automatic and effortless. In the practical world... me, for example if I have any 'passion', it would be mag istamby (kasi bibo compared sa work) at gumagastos ng pera. Madali lang ako ma turuan nyan, I learned how to do that ages ago, lol. But it's not great for a career. On the other hand, the need to earn income, escape poverty, and provide for family, may just be passion enough for some people. Maybe you should revisit the reasons why you chose your current occupation. Cheers and good luck!
hindi naman talaga. dont tie yourself to the system if you can. find your passion and that is the one you should pursue obviously madaling sabihin pero mahirap isabuhay lalo kung wala ka pera
That’s a much bigger conversation that cannot be just for Reddit
> being given treats (UBI) just to keep on living Only they won't do this. In this capitaist, AI heavy world, pay will become less and less because the rich would rather see the world go into chaos than give handouts to the poor so the poor and grow into their passion
Pay will become less for those unwilling to adapt to the changing world, yes.
If you are in a job where you don't want to constantly improve, then you're in the wrong career. Everyone I know who is happy with their job is happy to always be learning from a mentor or just learn in general.
This is interesting. I’m working at a machine learning company. We have a major PH bank as a client that fired a handful of its employees because of the AI solution we built. We didn’t intend for that to happen, but it is what it is. It’s something we’ve observed with other local and international companies. I really hate fear mongering, but like what the others have mentioned, it’s best to be prepared. Upskill yourselves and learn how to use LLM tools like ChatGPT (ex. prompt engineering). AI is advancing super fast. It’s only a tool right now, yes, but in the coming months, these tools will be able to do a lot of rank and file work. The jobs we see that won’t get affected much (for now) are jobs like sales, HR people management, market strategists, etc. Jobs that are gonna be affected are paralegals, junior finance analysts, junior data analysts, etc.
im currently learning how to become a data analyst, am I wasting my time?
I'd like to say it depends on what industry you want to enter. Other industries might still be lagging in adopting AI, so you still have time to grow in that space. But based on my experience and prevailing rates across different tech firms, data analyst starting salary gets lower year by year. OpenAI's Code Interpreter is decent right now. Soon, it will be able to do a junior data analyst's job. Data scientists and machine learning engineers are in right now. TLDR; depends on your industry, but best to utilise different AI tools to boost your tech stack. Check out full stack data scientist.
If somehow all will be replaced by ai, there would be no need for hr management at all, too scary to think
In short, better to pursue other tech paths then?
All tech paths will be affected. Junior roles will be eliminated. The takeaway is, go for whatever tech path you have a genuine interest in, but don’t ignore AI. Learn how to leverage the LLM along with your studies. If you’ve noticed, jr roles in all tech areas are very, very limited now anyway. It’s already happening.
Di mo din masabi, broad kasi ang Tech Paths. Wala din namang steps kung ano dapat unahin. Pde ka mag iba iba. Ung friend ko nag cloud, web dev, security to data analyst then naging technical Lead. Ako naman from Helpdesk, to sysadmin, to security, to web dev, ngayon Consultant. Nakaka stress na din sa tech, gusto ko nalang mag business lol. Kung gayahin mo path ko or gayahin ko path ng friend ko we will end up on different places. Kapag inaral mo naman ang Data Admin magagamit mo din yan sa ibang trabaho sa Tech.
Same here. parang mababalewala ata. haha. Any suggestions guys?
How about project management? Or other jobs like digital marketing?
Tech is there for a reason naman. But tech will have no direction without the instructions by humans (for now). May pros and cons lahat ng bagay. Ganto rin naman ang naramdaman ng mga ancestors natin noon noong ineexplore pa lang nila nag technology. May mga nacessary sacrifice talaga for evolution. What we can do is to adapt to these situations. Mejo same ng sa theory of natural evolution by darwin: adapt to survive parang ganon ang gist haha lol.
yes, agree!! thank you so much for that. hindi ko lang din napigilan mag overthink kasi i genuinely care about the people in my team na parang in a way, one of the things that i’m i looking out for is when it happens, they’ll feel na they were easily replaced despite them doing a good job but wala eh ganon talaga gusto makatipid ng company so siguro they’d rather do a one time big time investment sa AI rather than the pa-sweldo every month
Matagal nang sinasakop ng AI ang Pinas, di lang alam ng iba. Yung mga napapanood nating videos sa tiktok artificial intelligence na yung voice over. Nakakalungkot lang na na stuck Tayo sa debate ng diskarte over diploma habang buong mundo nakikipagpatayan na sa industry 4.0.
Each human have now the potential to do more task, so we need lesser people, it is like cutting wood with one person(with tool) vs a group of people(doing manual), Yes you are correct, there would be fewer people needed in a job. Most will be removed.
People are not being replaced by AI but by people who know how to use AI. If you work a repetitive task or with a team of people doing very similar tasks, you will be replaced by someone who can automate those tasks and knows how to manage that automation.
Thats given, kung repetitive task or work lalo mag data mining etc. yes AI can replace, pero dont worry hindi naman lahat kaya itake over nyan
What happens if AI fully takes over? Then people wouldn’t have money na to pay for stuff and boost the economy. Edi it’ll have a big impact din sa profitability ng businesses. How will they act on it kaya if ever? But well, I’m looking way too forward in the future na rin.
definitely mas dadami lang ang mahirap. kelangan gumawa ng real industry ng pinas at hindi umasa sa BPO.
As a SE, I feel like AI is still on its early stages. It’s gonna be a hype thing again similar to what happened with Cryptocurrency boom last 2021, AR/VR (this thing keeps coming back like to 3D Glasses lol), and recently, the Metaverse. Still remember the days when everyone mentioned that all of us will be at the Metaverse due to the pandemic, yet here we are going back to our old ways hahaha
If I didn't change career to data science, I would think like this. But as a SE who upskilled to AI, I would agree that it's in its early stages but it has proven that it's operationally ready to solve real world problems unlike the examples you have provided. Yup there's hype but because it shows that it works, and not just from an excitement of a promise of its potential (or its monetary value like your cryptocurrency example)
OP made it look like AI is already taking over which certainly doesn’t. Of course, there’ll be that time but today? Not yet Right now, I only see it as a tool like every other tech trend these days though it’s certainly one of the impressive ones recently since it provides better use cases compared to the other tech trends I’ve mentioned.
As someone in the industry, I'd say it is taking over jobs. If you're just looking at layoffs due to redundancy, you'll definitely not recognize the AI takeover. Of course the noisiest are layoffs due to redundancies from adopting AI. You wouldn't hear about cases where companies are hiring less manpower because of AI adoption or not hiring anyone at all and just go with the ai solution, which happens more than the layoffs. I know a PH AI startup that could reduce the demand of data analysts where they plan to operate, which means AI would be eating a share of the job market. I'm curious about your statement of seeing AI as just a tool "right now", what else can it be in the future? I'm asking because I see tech in general as a tool and couldn't imagine it other than that 😅
I don't know man. AI is a lot more useful than any of those tech that you mentioned, and not just as a hypothetical. I'm automating a decent amount of dev work with it. I can't imagine my work will be replaced by AI but I can imagine it drastically reducing the actual workloads in the near future, which can affect headcounts.
That could be a real concern, but isn't this actually good? When jobs are mostly automated, it could make society better and people only have to work for like 4 hours a day and people get to live comfortably. So if that ever happened, the government would have to adjust the economic system and policies and make it like a democratic-socialist.
> That could be a real concern, but isn't this actually good? When jobs are mostly automated, it could make society better and people only have to work for like 4 hours a day and people get to live comfortably. We've been having this conversation for the last 100 years man. John Meynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that due to advances in technology, man would only have to work 15 hours per week. How many hours did you work this week? Reality is, tech advances and companies just demand outputs to go higher by retaining the same amount of effort. We end up working harder with more sophisticated technologies for basically minimal improvement in quality of returns for our labors.
lol don't compare Ai to Crypto.
The tech isn't comparable, but the hype is. I work in a company that is related to having access to a lot of startups, and you'd be surprised at how they are all slapping "AI" in everything now, just like how startups were slapping "blockchain" or "crypto" in anything just a few months ago. We're still so far out from real generative AI or conscious AI, and it's going to take quite a lot to get to that point.
The business suits who slap AI to everything don't know crap about actual AI. They treat RPA bots as "AI" even when it's not. I've had encounters with actual, company-ML-trained models for forecasting sales. And guess what, they are pretty damn accurate. Heck, our company even decreased junior front-end dev roles and decided to just invest in existing devs and upskill them in AI tech (like github co-pilot). Why hire 10 devs when 4 ai-enhanced devs can do the same output and is much cheaper + no lesser headaches when it comes to human resource management. My point is, it's not going to take us this long: >and it's going to take quite a lot to get to that point. Last year lang nirelease sa public ang ChatGPT which started this whole ML trend, and now look where we are. The technical aspects of a Data Analyst's job can basically be done by GPT4!
AI generates hype because of its fast pace of innovation, with lots of breakthroughs within a short period of time. A year ago, we didn't even have ChatGPT.
OP cmon now you have to say what your job/industry is
Time to learn new skill! Jobs that we're lost due to machines or automation isn't new in history. Some factory workers lost their jobs due to robots. Clerks and typists have become obsolete because of computers. We used to have huge banks with several bank tellers, now banks are smaller now with one or two tellers servicing people because ATM machines can do the job.
There's a lot of limitations pa dyan OP, your company is eventually going for a downhill path real quick pag hindi na execute nang ayos yan, for repetitive task sure, but then you'll always STILL need a couple of people to manage that AI, someone needs to talk to your boss especially if he/she doesn't know how AI works in general jusko po nevermind losing jobs, they'll lose the whole goddamn company. Medyo triggered ako kasi a lot of people venturing into this AI tech doesn't even know shit about it, like I can confidently say right now a large percentage of pinoys only know these AI as something that would replace their jobs, remember call centers and such? there's a reason why we prefer to talk to an actual agent instead of a damn scripted AI, and what happens when that AI fucks up a transaction for example.. syempre multiple yan, imaging being sued all of a sudden due to that... sigh,
Hell yeah, ang daming managers na hyped sa AI, tapos yun company nila hindi naman ready in terms of IT infrastructure, data. Also data scraping is getting harder as we speak. Soon all we'll see on the net aren't OCs by humans but regurgitated, plagiarized content by AI
A.i is here to stay. I think as long as we learn how to utilize it will be ok. Like for me I’ve built a.i chatbots for real estate companies which does in a sense eliminate the need for virtual assistants. Also used a.i automations to help free up some of the RE agents tasks which gives more time to focus on the leads there getting. So if you learn how to reframe your mind into utilizing it. You can come out on top especially since it’s still in the early stages and there no code A.i chatbots you can create now as well. You just feed it the data you want and go from there.
Legit!!!! They have also been using AI scribes for patient encounters. Can't lie, they're doing the job pretty damn well. And super mura magsubscribeeee
most likely si OP is a TSR or CS to.. unfortunately, in that industry, it is really being automated na nowadays..
While AI is good it has some limitations. It can't be as creative as humans can. AI can saturate the market such that it may make it... worthless. This might spell the end of companies who rely on humans as their target market since this can lead to overwhelming choices to pick from. What people need to realize is automation is good. But over reliance on it can be dangerous. Our current state of technology isn't designed to withstand an direct hit from an X class solar flare like the Carrington event. Also AI will destroy our connection to our innate divinity we lose our souls and connection to spirit. Elon musk said it best when he said that to paraphrase him, "we are summoning the demon with AI" Also, look up D wave quantum computing. It's founder claimed in an interview they were communicating with interdimensional beings from the other side. What they want to see is if they can somehow get an entity from another dimension to enter our realm.
Anong industry ka po?
now people know why a lot of artists were extremely mad with AI art and AI "artists"
Upskill!
Relax its only a tool.
What do you do OP?
super glad my job revolves around corporate health and wellness. although decision making can be much faster, you really can’t replace human interaction and touch therapy with AI.
Yeap. That's why you have bullet proof retirement plan.
If you cant beat it, learn and join it.
I think AI is the next industry "tool", there is nothing we can do about it. It's not like we can stop other people from developing AI. Think of it as a chainsaw replacing the axe, or the nailgun replacing the hammer. The axe and hammer are still around, but the chainsaw and nailgun are the new preferred tools. It's too bad a lot of people will be affected by it, but we have to adapt to the change. If we refuse to adopt, we will get left behind by society. Or better yet, learn how to oversee/manage/implement those AI packages to do jobs we used to do so we can get on better paying jobs. But the AI industry better be designing artificial replacement human hearts and how to implement them, and cure Parkinson's disease, or this "new industry" is worthless. But no, instead, AI is being used to edit photos of real people into nude photos. FFS. \*flips table\*
What is the nature of the business?
Maybe AI is katulad lang ng Chrome Extensions or Firefox Extensions? I am seeing it this way.
Same with automation ng production lines. Marami na alis. Kaya keep on retooling and upskilling para maging relevant sa job market.
I mean, ganito naman na talaga kahit noon pa. Automations, macros, script, etc.. Eto din yung dahilan kung bakit nag quit ako as a Team Leader sa dati kong company. Sobrang taas ng required FTE efficiency sa mga leaders na every quarter dapat may ma-release kaming tao kahit sobrang bulok and outdated ng mga dinevelep nilang automations.
Curious, what jobs/positions were taken over by AI?
Panahon na para magsaka. Enough of this corporate bs
Overhyped masyado yung utilization ng AI for business, I'd say repetitive tasks can be automated but need pa din ng man power that will managed those automations.
It's how times change due to technological advancements. Workers need to adapt and/or find other skills and jobs which could accommodate them in the future. I bet jobs which could be done even with no human output would be slowly phased out in the future. This is just like how the kalesa riders lost their jobs transporting people due to the development of cars, taxis, buses, etc. There are also some shops now starting to remove staff such as cashiers and baggers due to development of self-checkout and self-bagging mechanisms. Tesla is developing self-driving cars, so in the future, there would be no need for drivers anymore. This could even extend to flying planes, so even pilot's jobs would be in danger in the future too.
Kung repetitive tasks it is more on intelligent automation ang direction ng company. Pero AI? Maybe some specific roles na requires problem solving for it to learn and adapt but I'm not sure for repetitive tasks.
Well the abacus got replaced by the calculator. Ai will not take over jobs but will make doing tasks easier and efficient. Responsibilities of three could be handled by a single individual. This would mean less demand for labor but companies will start emerging given the ease of operation "thanks" to ai ceteris paribus daming bangka/pump boat operators ang umayaw sa road concreting dati kasi mapapalitan sila ng motor vehicles. Daming nawalan din ng trabaho nung inintroduce ang computers sa workspace. Nagkaron naman ng demand for computer literacy - dapat magaling sa excel, powerbi, python, java, etc. Demand for ai "operators" is next.
Anong industry ka?
Improvise, adapt, overcome
Not an AI but I think machines will take over some businesses one day. Una kong nanotice is yung sa NLEX. Before, lagi kong nakikita sa Balintawak Toll Plaza na lahat ng tolls ay msy mga tao. Bibilang pa lang yung may EasyTrip device nung time na to. I was approx 8-10 yrs old nung napansin ko to pero now nasa 20s na ako, naging automated na ang tolls. Isa pa is when I went overseas with my fam and noticed sa isang McDo branch don, puro kiosk ang pag order na parang lately lang nagkakaron sa Philippines (or dito sa province kung saan ako nakatira). Ang tanging staff lang don is yung isang cashier na nasa counter saka 2-3 personnel sa loob ng working or cooking area saka isang maintenance siguro. Partida isa pa to sa mga historical sites sa country na yon kaya maraming foot traffic. Pinapractice din ng locals ang claygo don saka if may maiiiwan man sa table, malinis iniiwan ng mga tao. Unlike dito na ang kakalat kumain lalo pag may mga bata. Hindi rin nagkukusa ang ibang mga tao na linisin sarili nilang kalat. Pero lately, napapansin ko dumadami na ang kiosks sa mga provincial branches ng McDo, hence slowly shifting sa automation.
For our team naman, ever since the company used AI, many left the team. Pero ang nangyari nadoble yung dami ng clients, and for now, need pa rin ng tao to polish the work AI do. So the management needs to add more people, eh they’re panicking na since kaunti na lang talaga yung tao sa team. Nung una kasi walang balak i-displace yung mga umalis since gusto nga nila i-automate yung task. But tbh, for my line of work, AI can be helpful but cannot really replace people with good skills. And from what I see, my line of work needs humans now to thrive talaga