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End Of Work

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In English class, my peers and I read an article from the New York Times titled, "The End of Work?" by Ji Shisan. The article introduced the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking over jobs and businesses. Researchers have discovered a way to program electronicsto "think" for themselves through trail and error– just how a child would. Consequently, professional workers are starting to think AI might take over their jobs. However, AI isn't "strong" yet. It can only learn and do simple tasks. Although, AI will not takeover all jobs because AI can't work in jobs "that require a broad range of abilities and human intuition such as nursing childcare and sales." Many workers that feel threatened may go back to school to receive a new career. In my opinion, AI might be useful to companies because companies will no longer need workers. Since AI will be doing all of the work companies …show more content…

The breakthrough is so promising to AI because once AI starts you can't cut it off. However, the breakthrough is not promising to white-collar workers because many of them will lose their jobs when AI takes over. Even though AI can be devastating to most workers. Humans can still be competitive in the job market by getting jobs that require a wide range of skills. Also, Humans are very creative and adapt easily to their surroundings– unlike AI. With these traits even if the "AI Revolution" does leave many workers jobless, many people will soon find a way to stay in the job market. In the far future when all jobs are taken over by AI humans can start using this time to improve relations with one another and God. Also, Humans will not devolve or grow unintelligent because man is always searching for knowledge. Similarly humans will not become lazy and fat because many people love to be in shape and because there are no more jobs, people can spend more time being

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