AI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.
  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    91·
    2 个月前

    I am in the same boat but I am aware that it will eventually replace me whether I helped or not :(

    • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
      22·
      2 个月前

      I don’t know - in my field there’s a lot of “knowledge work” to be done, and if AI helps get it done faster…

      Think of the ditch digging crews with shovels, do you think any of the ex-shovel jockeys feel bad that they’ve been mostly “replaced” with backhoes and tracked excavators?

  • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
    71·
    2 个月前

    In my generation it was the nuclear industry (immediately post TMI & Chernobyl) which was giving away the huge incentive bonuses and premium salaries. I never filled out the Navy application - though I hear they paid the best overall. I did interview twice (nothing better to do at the time), got two offers, declined both, ultimately took lower paying jobs that I didn’t mind the idea of going to work at.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 个月前

      I just had an opportunity for a job at a company that does autonomous weapons systems. That was a tough one to turn down.

      • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
        1·
        2 个月前

        I did “recon drones” back in 2010… of course they lept at the opportunity to demonstrate kamakazi delivery of explosives with the platform to the Army too…

    • fta@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      2 个月前

      Interesting.

      Was it bombs or energy? Or they didn’t separate the two?

      • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
        1·
        2 个月前

        One facility publicly stated they’re making “submarine fuel” - but that’s pretty thin… same facility can easily make all kinds of fissile material as well.

        • fta@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          2 个月前

          Oh interesting.

          Ya I also thought the subs and aircraft carriers were good examples of how incredibly energy dense that stuff is, pretty cool.

          But ya, not trying to be naive ofc. Too bad about the other uses…

          • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
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            2 个月前

            The reactors have all kinds of uses… at one point I worked for a company that wanted to manufacture Co60 for medical purposes (radiotherapy for cancer treatment) - and you use the exact same reactors, just load them with different reaction material to get your desired isotopes produced.

  • myyass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 个月前

    I just enjoy my time corrupting it as much as I can. It’s like a new hobby.

      • PushButton@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 个月前

        Rocks, sand, maybe a few insects and small rodents?

        I don’t see anything medium to big survive, like what happened with the dinosaurs he’s talking about…

    • Pat_Riot@lemmy.todayEnglish
      297·
      2 个月前

      There’s no such thing as artificial intelligence and large language models are not the future of anything. Pull the boot out of your fucking mouth and try to use that lump of salty fat your skull is keeping the air off of. They aren’t going to favor you for rolling over and giving them your belly.

    • 🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      19·
      2 个月前

      Industrialization was also inevitable. It also create 100+ years of misery, exploitation and protest. People of course will assume the same will go for AI, but even worse and they assume that because that’s exactly what the creators of AI say will happen. Understandably some folks are a bit reluctant.