No, someone using AI won't take your job

AI isn't going to take your job.

"Someone using AI " ™ isn't going to take your job.

Because life is more complex than this.

Without exception jobs are never singular tasks.

- Truck drivers don't simply drive a truck, they handle cargo, they refill the truck, security, deal with breakdowns etc.

- Receptionists don't administer visitors, they become the soul of an office.

AI does TASKS, and in many cases it does them indescribably brilliantly, cheaply and near instantly.

When the CEO of Shopify Says "No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the Job", he's being a bit daft. 

What they really need to do is spend some time auditing how people work, what they are trying to do, the processes and structure, and break down common jobs into TASKS. 

Then spend some time figuring out: 

-What TASKS are best done BY AI

-What TASKS are best done WITH AI ( but Human oversight) 

-What AI can do that you've never done before.

-What has nothing to do with AI, but it turns out is stupid.

And then reconfigure the company structure and workflows and tools.

And create the sort of organizational ecosystem which makes sense in a world of AI. 

This takes time. Because change takes time. And there should be no rush. We're at the early stages of knowing what AI is, let alone what it can do, let alone what it MEANS.

A restructure likely involves some elements of centralized automation, some elements of "humans in the loop" and freeing up of a bit of time for people to do mad stuff like.....

- Make the product better

- Listen and understand customers 

- Understand the global context and competitors more properly 

- Build relationships with industry partners. 

- Taking time away from the pressure of the role, to relax and think about things better.

Sadly, at this point AI remains a bit of a way to pump the stock.

A way to signal to the markets and your trade that "you get it"

A way to suspend disbelief.

For me the focus should be far more on what brilliant applications of more powerful computing and better data can do to allow companies to do things brilliantly, not cheaply or speedily.

If you'd like a bit of common sense consulting when it comes to how AI can solve existing problems or do amazing things better, talk with my AI chatbot...... only joking, drop me an email.

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