(08-30-2024, 11:00 AM)Jag149 Wrote:

(08-30-2024, 10:20 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: That's not new, people have always feared technology replacing their work. The Cotton Gin radically changed our society forever. So did the automobile. So did the telephone, radio, television, computer...things always advance...people always adapt.

This in spades.  If my job currently was spending most my time updating excel templates, coding simple reports or speaking with people on the phone solving mundane issues I would be looking for something else I like to do, It will make companies more productive with the labor they currently have.

While I understand that it's nothing new, it feels like it presents the opportunity as you said, to eliminate a lot of mundane work, that's my concern. 

There's a good chunk of people now that are good enough at their jobs to where in a 8 - 9 hour day at your desk, you're probably done within half that time just fooling around. On the flipside, there's also people that go non-stop, back-to-back all day with tasks that, while boring and mundane, pay the bills for them. 

It'll make companies more productive with "some" of the labor they currently have while being able to layoff a massive chunk of folks more than likely. I work in the railroad industry and trucking industry. Some of our systems are ancient, TMS and TL2000 for example.

If the company ever decides to implement AI, they could easily cut about 50% of the work my department is required to do with a clever implementation that auto arrives, departs and builds out hazardous information. A lot what we do now has become "self serving" for our customer base with our web portal.

Where they can do their own tracking and tracing, billing, etc. 

It's just something to watch out for in my opinion.

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