A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You

14 labrador 8 7/12/2025, 6:27:55 PM nytimes.com ↗

Comments (8)

labrador · 12h ago
abnercoimbre · 11h ago
> When something goes awry, this will require someone who can dig through the network to find what went wrong, why it went wrong and how to repair it: an A.I. plumber, so to speak, who must snake the pipes of the entire system.

I suspect most people here aren't sticking around for this.

gherkinnn · 10h ago
Ironies of Automation. This is exactly what happened with every new level of automation. Absolutely worth a read.

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

And the actual PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/20200717054958if_/https://www.is...

FirmwareBurner · 9h ago
> an A.I. plumber, so to speak

So, ... a programmer?

zepolen · 10h ago
I'll be here, charging 10x what I normally do.
almosthere · 2h ago
I'm learning the laid off "machinists will be trained to operate the machines" was a lie and those machinists are dying of fen right now.

Good luck in 30 years yall.

1attice · 12h ago
Is "writing false-hope listicles to pacify layoff-victims-to-be" on the list?
marcusb · 10h ago
Yes. It is on the list of jobs that will be lost to AI tool use.