Artificial  Intelligence is the most exciting technology that has come along in a long time. Artificial intelligence acts as a force multiplier for anyone who can utilize it and play to its strengths, embracing and being mindful of its weaknesses and adding to its capabilities.

The current state of the AI tech is still novel and prone to breaking: hallucinations still run amok and models have a habit of running in circles, trying to solve problems that have no solution. Don’t let that fool you or turn you off from starting to utilize or diving into AI models and using them as much as possible.

Shortly, anyone not running, controlling or creating their models of AI will be among the first on the front lines of redundancy. In an age where rudimentary AI agents can already do much more than the average worker, it’s only a matter of time before companies and corporations look to replace their workforces with models which will never need to take a break, learn insanely fast and don’t need annual salary increments or bonuses. The new AI-driven company structure could be a core circle of employees who train, activate and run the AI models and a few others. All other jobs which can be done by an AI will inevitably be at threat.

Which jobs are safe (for the time being)? Jobs which need physical dexterity that machines cannot match yet. Doctors, surgeons, chefs, bartenders, athletes and jobs where human physicality is one of the most important elements in their day-to-day activities. Jobs which require a lot of thinking and a lot of time spent on computers, which need a lot of education, are ironically the most at risk. Consultants, bankers, and coders are most at risk simply because of how good the AI is at their jobs already.

Remember we are talking about AI in its pre-alpha stage. It’s got a lot of bugs, it tends to break a lot and had a lot of quirks but you can see the potential in it. If this is how good it is right now, imagine how good it can be in a few years and how much that will impact our lives and the world around us.