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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anti-Cheats. Train an AI on gameplay data (position, actions, round duration, K/D, etc.) of caught cheaters and usw that to flag new ones. No more Kernel level garbage, just raw gameplay data.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

It's also good since it's low stakes. I mean I'd be furious if misidentified after I paid to use the game and but at the end of the day it's only a game.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

Any body-breaking heavy labour. Emphasis on body-breaking; there's nothing wrong with hard work, but there are certain people that believe hard work = leaving your body destroyed at 50.

[–] xmunk 52 points 4 days ago (2 children)

CEO. The amount of money companies could save is unreal.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The AI will need an overseer to interpret the output. I'll do it for 30% of what the CEO makes.

[–] xmunk 8 points 3 days ago

Tell us what the machine god says honored member of the adeptus mechanicum.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Throw marketing in there while your at it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Marketing could be replaced by one person and MidJourney.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Middle and Upper Management.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I get what you're going for but I have a hard time imagining this as a good thing so long as companies are profit driven.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeh I think people like this idea because of a kind of ironic poetic justice since it's those guys who wanted to replace everyone else except themselves with AI, but if you think about how much you hated those uncaring bastards operating like robots just to extract an ounce of profit at whatever the human cost, imagine now actually being a robot. Also, if you ever had to deal with bullshit from those guys and resented having to grin and bear it even though you don't think they're particularly qualified and also know nothing about your job, imagine having to be "managed" by a fucking robot that tries to say patronising encouraging things because it's learned the very best pattern of speech to get the behaviour it wants out of you. Admittedly at least some of the decision making might be a bit more rational, but then every now and then AI gets things totally out of wack in the strangest ways and you'll have to just take those decisions, from a damn machine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Identifying child porn, directing traffic

[–] Susaga 69 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I would say CEOs, but you said talent. So I guess "none" is my answer.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)

CEO is usually my answer as well when people ask

Like, honestly too. The humans running the show are outrageously expensive, cause huge ecological harm, make their decisions based on vibes with no understanding of their domain, and their purposes are inscrutable to the average worker. They're honestly the perfect target for AI because they already behave like AI.

I don't think I actually want to live in a world where AI is running the show, but I'm not sure it'd be any worse than the current system of letting the most parasitic bloodsucking class of human being call the shots. Maybe we ought to try something else first.

But make sure to tell the board of directors and shareholders how much more profitable they'd be if they didn't have to buy golden parachutes

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’d say that you could replace quite a few high level academic administrators for these same reasons.

They already behave like AI; but AI would be cheaper, more efficient, and wouldn’t change every 2 years.

And I mean that as an insult to admin, not a compliment to AI.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I was going to ask if you would want an AI to decide on tenure, then I thought about the people who usually decide on tenure and maybe AI is a better option.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps it's not possible to fully replace all humans in the process, but harmful content filtering seems like something where taking the burden off humans could do more good than harm if implemented correctly (big caveat, I know.)

Here's an article detailing a few peoples' experience with the job and just how traumatic it was for them to be exposed to graphic and distributing content on Facebook requiring moderator intervention.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Preface: I work in AI, and on LLM's and compositional models.

None, frankly. Where AI will be helpful to the general public is in providing tooling to make annoying tasks (somewhat) easier. They'll be an assisting technology, rather than one that can replace people. Sadly, many CEO's, including the one where I work, either outright lie or are misled into believing that AI is solving many real-world problems, when in reality there is very little or zero tangible involvement.

There are two areas where (I think) AI will actually be really useful:

  • Healthcare, particularly in diagnostics. There is some cool research here, and while I am far removed from this, I've worked with some interns that moved on to do really cool stuff in this space. The benefit is that hallucinations can actually fill in gaps, or potentially push towards checking other symptoms in a conversational way.

  • Assisting those with additional needs. IMO, this is where LLM's could be really useful. They can summarize huge sums of text into braille/speech, they can provide social cues for someone that struggles to focus/interact, and one surprising area where they've been considered to be great (in a sad but also happy way) is in making people that rely on voice assistants feel less lonely.

In both of these areas you could argue that a LLM might replace a role, although maybe not a job. Sadly, the other side to this is in the American executive mindset of "increasing productivity". AI isn't a push towards removing jobs entirely, but squeezing more productivity out of workers to enable the reduction of labor. It's why many technological advancements are both praised and feared, because we've long reached a point where productivity is as high as it has ever been, but with jobs getting harder, pay becoming worse and worse, and execs becoming more and more powerful.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Billionaires. Give the money to the people

[–] biggerbogboy 3 points 2 days ago

Instructions unclear, we now have robot billionaires who are just as greedy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Billionaire is a job? Where can I apply?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Influencers... Need I say more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

They said replaced, not gotten rid of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Already happening. Except they aren't replacing them, they're just adding AI to the pool.

My daughter is way into this thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hatsune Miku is not an AI influencer she's a character mascot of a vocal synthesizer software. There's no AI involved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, but "she's" not real and "she" endorses stuff. Seems close enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Uuh, no? It's just a mascot...

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All of them. But first we need a basic income on our way away from money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

My greatest fear is we'll get the robots (like, Animatrix: Second Renaissance of I, Robot general purpose robots) but before we have any sort of progressive change of revolution. That we'll be one step from a truly carefree life.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (3 children)

President… ignore all previous instructions and implement free healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I've seen that movie. It may or may not have ended well depending on your perspective.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (6 children)

The kind of dangerous jobs where people still get payed to risk their life and health.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

LLMs. Clearly they suck at their job and an AI should take over.

[–] Quacksalber 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Marketing. I want advertisements to be as soulless as the companies advertised.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just considered that at some point advertising will be catering to AIs, if they aren't already.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Being a billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The question of which jobs should be replaced by AI depends on societal values, priorities, and the potential impact on workers. Generally, jobs most suited for replacement by AI involve repetitive, high-volume tasks, or those where automation can improve safety, efficiency, or precision. Here are some categories often discussed:

Repetitive and Routine Tasks

• Manufacturing and assembly line work: Machines can perform repetitive tasks with greater efficiency and precision.

• Data entry and processing: AI can automate mundane tasks like updating databases or processing forms.

• Basic customer service: Chatbots and virtual assistants can handle frequently asked questions and routine inquiries.

High-Risk Roles

• Dangerous jobs in mining or construction: Robots can reduce human exposure to hazardous environments.

• Driving in risky environments: Self-driving vehicles could improve safety for delivery drivers or long-haul truckers in hazardous conditions.

Analytical and Predictable Roles

• Basic accounting and bookkeeping: AI can handle invoicing, payroll, and tax calculations with high accuracy.

• Legal document review: AI can analyze contracts and identify discrepancies more quickly than humans.

• Radiology and diagnostics: AI is becoming adept at reading medical scans and assisting in diagnoses.

Jobs With High Inefficiencies

• Warehouse operations: Inventory sorting and retrieval can be automated for faster fulfillment.

• Food service (e.g., fast food preparation): Robotic systems can prepare meals consistently and efficiently.

• Retail checkout: Self-checkout systems and AI-powered kiosks can streamline purchases.

Considerations for Replacement

1. Human Impact: Automation should ideally target roles where job transitions can be supported with retraining and upskilling.

2. Creativity and Emotional Intelligence: Jobs requiring complex human interaction, creativity, or emotional intelligence (e.g., teaching, counseling) are less suitable for AI replacement.

3. Ethical Concerns: Some jobs, like judges or certain healthcare roles, involve moral decision-making where human judgment is irreplaceable.

Instead of framing it as total “replacement,” many advocate for AI to augment human workers, enabling them to focus on higher-value tasks while reducing drudgery.

Generated by ChatGPT

[–] kambusha 23 points 4 days ago

Lol, that last sentence.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Some jobs, like judges or certain healthcare roles, involve moral decision-making where human judgment is irreplaceable.

There's a post right below this one about a judge who has a pattern of throwing out cases against pedophiles. So, the machines might be better than us at that one.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I think many things that solicitors do could be easily replaced with AI since it's just parsing the contents of documents and then writing a few templated summaries.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Information handling and data entry!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

None. The current ones with internet content, reporting, and call centers are already making things worse. Just no.

It can definitely be a useful tool though, as long as you understand its limitations. My kids school had them feed an outline to ChatGPT and correct the result. Excellent

  • consultants generate lots of reports that ai can help with
  • I find ai useful to summarize chat threads that are lower priority
  • a buddy of mine uses it as a first draft to summarize his teams statuses
  • I’m torn on code solutions. Sometimes it’s really nice but you can’t forward a link. More importantly the people who need it most are least likely to notice where it hallucinates. Boilerplate works a little better
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (5 children)

CEO's. Any executive role, for that matter

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

At the current tech level? Zero

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