Is Ai coming for your job? (also, updated Ai development)

[crimsonaudio]

Over the past four years, Tyler Perry had been planning an $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta, which would have added 12 soundstages to the 330-acre property. Now, however, those ambitions are on hold — thanks to the rapid developments he’s seeing in the realm of artificial intelligence, including OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora, which debuted Feb. 15 and stunned observers with its cinematic video outputs.

“Being told that it can do all of these things is one thing, but actually seeing the capabilities, it was mind-blowing,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, noting that his productions might not have to travel to locations or build sets with the assistance of the technology.

Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost”

The actor, filmmaker and studio owner is raising the alarm about the impact of the tech, saying, "I feel like everybody in the industry is running a hundred miles an hour to try and catch up, to try and put in guardrails."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[CrimsonJazz]

If we can use it to replace those clowns in Washington, I'm all for it.

 

[lowend]

Nope. Many parents realized during the COVID shutdowns that they don't like spending that much time with their own kids and that the American public education system is the greatest, and cheapest, babysitting service the world has ever seen.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Nope. Many parents realized during the COVID shutdowns that they don't like spending that much time with their own kids and that the American public education system is the greatest, and cheapest, babysitting service the world has ever seen.

Doesn't matter - if they can be replaced by inexpensive Ai by their employer, they will be. The bottom line is the bottom line.

Anyone who thinks AI won't massively affect their industry within a handful of years is naive.

 

[Jon]

Doesn't matter - if they can be replaced by inexpensive Ai by their employer, they will be. The bottom line is the bottom line.

Anyone who thinks AI won't massively affect their industry within a handful of years is naive.

already impacting me, but in a positive way, I'm selling AI

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I guess the societal problem with AI progressing (in a material way) to the point of replacing them, is people will continue to have to take less and less paying jobs or be unemployed. Then at that point, the government has an enormous issue. It seems their tax base drastically shrinks and either they are going to subsidize these underemployed and unemployed people, or it could get ugly with the efforts people will go to to survive.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I guess the societal problem with AI progressing (in a material way) to the point of replacing them, is people will continue to have to take less and less paying jobs or be unemployed. Then at that point, the government has an enormous issue. It seems their tax base drastically shrinks and either they are going to subsidize these underemployed and unemployed people, or it could get ugly with the efforts people will go to to survive.

Yup, the future is on our lap now and it feels like we're ill-prepared to deal with it.

 

[AWRTR]

Doesn't matter - if they can be replaced by inexpensive Ai by their employer, they will be. The bottom line is the bottom line.

Anyone who thinks AI won't massively affect their industry within a handful of years is naive.

I employee a graphic design/social media director. I will never employee another. AI will completely replace her job within a few years. It's close now, but I really like her and she does a great job, but eventually it won't make sense to pay her salary and benefits when I can just have a subscription to an AI service that will do her job for me for a few dollars a month.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

We actually discussed this a few months ago. My boss seems to believe people will always need a human to design buildings and get them built. I am not so sure that I agree.

 

[2003TIDE]

I see it replacing a lot of entry level/junior positions in a lot of industries. Problem I’ve yet to hear a good answer to is “how does one become a senior level expert in their field of no entry or junior level positions exist?”

 

[crimsonaudio]

I see it replacing a lot of entry level/junior positions in a lot of industries. Problem I’ve yet to hear a good answer to is “how does one become a senior level expert in their field of no entry or junior level positions exist?”

There's zero question it's going to be a disruptor - how bad it gets remains to be seen.

 

[Bamaro]

This is nothing new. What we now call AI has been around in some form or another since the 60s, computer driven automation. The programs are just getting more sophisticated. As far as I know, computers still dont think for themselves yet. They still follow a set of instructions written by humans. When true AI hits, watch out.

 

[crimsonaudio]

This is nothing new. What we now call AI has been around in some form or another since the 60s, computer driven automation. The programs are just getting more sophisticated. As far as I know, computers still dont think for themselves yet. They still follow a set of instructions written by humans. When true AI hits, watch out.

Yes, it's machine learning, but the leaps we've seen in the last few years are considerable.

Literally billions of dollars are no longer pushing through the film industry due to Ai already. TV is getting hammered. The recording industry is still a tough nut to crack wrt 'Ai', but they're trying and the smaller / younger guys are losing work and leaving the field in droves. The entire entertainment industry is in jeopardy.

And we're now seeing white collar jobs being fairly easily replaced. The problem is that most jobs don't really require 'thinking', most jobs are just problem solving given a set of parameters, and these new machine learning apps are very good at problem solving, getting better literally daily.

Unless your job requires physical manipulation (HVAC tech, plumber, mechanic, nurse, surgeon, etc) your job will be on the chopping block sooner than later.

 

[Tidewater]

It has its limitations.
If an artist had the skill to depict a human face or form this accurately, I doubt a human would make this mistake.

Not very many black Wehrmacht soldiers or Indian Vikings.
AI will replicate whatever biases or prejudices the human programmers program into it. We make limited use of it where I work. It is generally really good at summarizing lots of material into a shorter form, but every so often, it goes off on a weird irrational tangent like it is having a daydream. Humans must always check AI's work closely after it is done.

 

[AWRTR]

It has its limitations.
If an artist had the skill to depict a human face or form this accurately, I doubt a human would make this mistake.
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Not very many black Wehrmacht soldiers or Indian Vikings.
AI will replicate whatever biases or prejudices the human programmers program into it. We make limited use of it where I work. It is generally really good at summarizing lots of material into a shorter form, but every so often, it goes off on a weird irrational tangent like it is having a daydream. Humans must always check AI's work closely after it is done.

At least for the moment you are absolutely correct, but if you only need to proofread and lightly edit what it produces that will take way less time and man power than if something is created from scratch buy a person or group of people.

 

[crimsonaudio]

It has its limitations.

Absolutely, also why I've often tried to call it 'machine learning' rather than 'Ai' as it's a far more accurate term.

That said, given the necessary (accurate) input along with removal of blatant biases it will run circles around humans in many fields.

 

[TexasBama]

Humans must always check AI's work closely after it is done.

I've heard of similar in offshoring engineering design.

Boss: here it is. you just have to put your stamp on it.
Engineer: it doesn't work that way

I expect I would spend more time backchecking AI than if I just did it myself.

 

[2003TIDE]

This is nothing new. What we now call AI has been around in some form or another since the 60s, computer driven automation. The programs are just getting more sophisticated. As far as I know, computers still dont think for themselves yet. They still follow a set of instructions written by humans. When true AI hits, watch out.

automation and machine learning are completely different than generative AI which is what you are seeing now.

 

[Bamaro]

 

[AWRTR]

I've heard of similar in offshoring engineering design.

Boss: here it is. you just have to put your stamp on it.
Engineer: it doesn't work that way

I expect I would spend more time backchecking AI than if I just did it myself.

In a field like that I totally agree. Could it get good enough to trust, maybe. There are fields that it even now could be used extensively with very little proofing.