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Rail infrastructure already exists with a lot of room to expand. Maybe if that max's out AI will appear, but not before then.
Rail is generally not cost effective below 750 miles. It will continue to dominate some forms such as bulk cargo and long haul. It is not going to become effective on short haul.
I'm sick of these scare tactics, I have 30 years til retirement. What am I supposed to do, quit my job and go back to college in the hopes of getting a job that pays what I make now?!?
A young man I used to work with got his Masters in Nuclear Engineering (of some type) from University of Michigan(top notch education) probably 5 years ago by now. Works for Bechtel in the divisions dealing with nuclear propulsion for naval vessels.
Couple of years ago, during a performance review,he was told to go back to school as he was already out of date. He had been preparing to do so, just was so surprised by how quickly it happened.
Here's another sector facing competition from AI. I happen to have a cousin who is in at the beginning of this startup. If AI outperforms human investment advisors, a lot of rich people are going to end up drawing unemployment.
I'd argue the process started at least 300 years ago. And I see no reason to think the trend of new jobs coming into being to replace old ones is changing any time soon. There are simply too many things, both "mechanical" and "mental", that computers are simply not good at.
This is simply not true. Even flying airliners is now done MUCH better by computer (Airbus has proven this).
Foxconn, the largest electronics contractor in the world (iphones) is currently building robots to replace most assembly line workers. The most delicate jobs in car manufacturing (painting, for example) are completely robotic.
I was at a small factory recently that makes bags of stuff (think mulch or sand) and they had a robot which stacked 40 of the bags on each pallet. It was PERFECT. That is one small example, but please take a look at a modern car factory. As it stands now we need about 1/8th of the workforce needed before...and that will be reduced further.
Here's another sector facing competition from AI. I happen to have a cousin who is in at the beginning of this startup. If AI outperforms human investment advisors, a lot of rich people are going to end up drawing unemployment.
This won't happen because people are easily fooled person to person.
An example already exists. We know that any retail investor who simply put their money in Vanguard Index funds or Berkshire would have made vastly more money than the "active" investors or most of those who hired a guy or company to invest for them (and take 10 or 20% of the take).....
But they don't.
This is because humans are not robots and subject to disbelieving the truth. Many other things follow this same logic. When humans are involved, alt-truth is at work.
Here's another sector facing competition from AI. I happen to have a cousin who is in at the beginning of this startup. If AI outperforms human investment advisors, a lot of rich people are going to end up drawing unemployment.
It's "The Matrix" and "The Terminator" coming true.
If you read the first post you'll see that I believe there are much more pressing issues where AI is concerned.
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