Submitted by kirpid t3_znpuna in Futurology
Looks like OpenAI has brought machine learning to a university level within 7 years. If you think we can kickback and sip mojitos, while we cash UBI checks, you got another thing coming.
A robotic laborer would be like maintaining thousands of cars. Too many moving parts and ways to malfunction. We’re struggling to even execute on a safe and functional self driving car. And all it has to interact with is roads, cars, pedestrians, street signs and roadkill.
Universities as we know them will not be nearly as relevant as trade schools. Because software is native to an information based environment. We are native to a physical environment. We intuitively understand how fragile an object is or how to balance ourselves under awkward circumstances, etc. So most 9-5s will still be in high demand.
For example, no matter how far stable diffusion advances, Artists will be among the last to be completely replaced by AI. Tattoo artists can’t be replaced by software. Even if you could design a robot with the articulation for sophisticated line work and shading, designing around and carving into a canvas that bleeds, squirms and twitches, is a pretty tall order.
You can apply the same logic to plumbing, auto repair, cooking, cleaning, etc.