This is partially a repost of my comment in the news megathread but not really.
OpenAI just announced Sora, a tool for creating video from text, and the results are really fucking good (especially compared to state-of-the-art AI video generation tools), and this has me thinking about job security again.
Generative AI is already displacing workers.
A study surveying 300 leaders across the entertainment industry reports that three-fourths of respondents indicated that AI tools supported the elimination, reduction or consolidation of jobs at their companies. Over the next three years, it estimates that nearly 204,000 positions will be adversely affected.
The Concept Art Assn. and the Animation Guild commissioned the report, which was conducted from Nov. 17 to Dec. 22 by consulting firm CVL Economics, amid concerns from members over the impact of AI on their work. Among the issues is that concept artists are increasingly being asked to “clean up” AI-generated works by studios, lowering their billed hours and the pool of available jobs, says Nicole Hendrix, founder of the advocacy group.
“We’re seeing a lot of role consolidation and reduction,” Hendrix says. “A lot of people are out of work right now.”
According to the report, nearly 77 percent of respondents use AI image generators enabling, for example, individuals to upload landscape photos to virtual productions screens or speed up rotoscoping in postproduction. They have applications in 3D modeling, storyboarding, animation and concept art, among other things.
Generative AI displacing workers isn’t some future hypothetical, it’s something that’s already happening right now, and as someone working in a field which is vulnerable to automation by AI tools, I’m really worried that OpenAI (or some other company) is going to create a new tool that just completely puts me out of a job.
Is anyone else worried for their job? Is there anything that can be done?
I worry more about how AI is going to be used in vile ways by companies to save some combination of their time, money, and effort. Whenever an ordinary person needs a professional - they could get fucked over by AI.
Somebody goes to the hospital. In this example - they have tests like MRIs. They meet with a doctor but nearly all the radiology analysis was done by AI. The doctor spends more time worrying and timing about his golf game.
Somebody online goes to a “mental health” firm that promises people can talk to a qualified therapist at very low cost. The firm turn out to have an “anonymized” AI backend. Not only that the “private” meetings are data mined.
Somebody goes to a law firm and they meet with an actual living person. But their case is mostly done by AI.
Somebody goes to an accountant…
Somebody goes to a financial planner…
Somebody goes to an engineer…
Of course - the rich avoid those problems.
I assume any legislation to stop this sort of stuff will be garbage. And less nefarious examples…
Somebody hires an artist but they have zero artistic skills. So - it’s AI time!
Somebody hires a writer…
Somebody hires a whatever…