Hello everyone hope you're having a nice day
I'm just ugh I'm so tired and confused and frustrated. I'm desperately trying to map/figure the future out of like societies/nation states across the world (because without getting too political watching the news at least in the UK is clearly a complete waste of time for trying to figure out actual important issues in the world that affect you) and it's just so exhausting
We appear to have a few rough ideas of what will happen in the next 5 to 10 years (from what I see roughly these massive multi national companies will not do like massive layoffs anytime within 5 years or so but then after 5 years it's anyone's guess. Roughly speaking because even the top academics apparently and the LLMs can't figure this out just yet just not enough data) in 10 years time there will be massive layoffs of traditional corporate roles like idk secretaries or middle managers. However the crucial part/question appears to be how many more roles will be created as a results of LLM progression.
Roles we can't even fathom yet. Or maybe knock on effects - apparently in the UK in the 1800s when steam trains became much more efficient the "understanding" was that coal production would massively decline, as there would be less demand for coal, but the sudden amount of potential coal available ended up actually increasing coal production or something (something to do with factories being able to massively scale operations and what not maybe ships as well)
Without getting into it I'm getting so sick and tired of politics. In the UK I have no idea what's going on but there are potholes everywhere apparently within 5 years one fifth of UK roads will become "structurally unsafe/unusable" and half within 15, and that's barely 5% or something of the issues we face in other areas. In Singapore (for all it's ails) they're apparently using AI to actually spot/predict pot holes and subsequently deal with them before they become an issue.
I'm also getting very anxious about other countries actually effectively investing and implementing AI into their infrastructure as we speak (no drama with them power to them just anxious about the UK falling behind) because we seem to put all of our resources into God knows what? Clearly not investing in public infrastructure
You know the philosophical stuff the social contract the idea that you idk "try hard in school go to university then get a job buy a house and life is glorious" it's clearly completely gone but there is a massive amount of people in society who refuse to accept this or don't care and just live the old way anyway which causes heaps of problems.
The traditional notion of career..? Teachers etc what will teaching look like? Tutoring? I don't know. I'm not being entirely negative here it's just stressing me out that I can't figure it out because it's impossible. I'm having to accept that I can't reasonably predict beyond a few months/years roughly and it's upsetting me.
Alright well there we go /rant
That said I'm sure there will be a massive amount of positive uses of AI in the world such as the above mentioned example with Singapore, I'm thinking hospital triage times, spotting cancers months before doctors could, helping children who don't respond particularly well to traditional classroom environments with learning. And national parks and what not will largely be just as beautiful in 5 years time as they are now.
Just stressful not knowing I suppose
Any thoughts anyone? Take care
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