I sat and watched a ten-minute interview with Yuval Noah Harari....one of those PhD types who spends time thinking about what we teach kids today and whether it has any value in the future.
So he got onto this one topic.....today (2024)....we have NO idea what to teach young people that will still be relevant in twenty years.
The art of typing? Yeah, I would imagine voice recognition will be replacing typing by 2035.
Most math skills? Replaced by AI within twenty years.
Driving a car skill? I'd easily say by 2040....more than half the nation will not have a need to drive themselves.
The art of brewing beer? I would imagine by 2050....in America...fewer than 500 folks will have the skill to do it.
Bartending? Why? AI will arrive via a machine....ready to make 1,000 mixed drinks. Just some kid name 'Woody' to reload the cannisters in the basement will be needed.
Car repair? Some AI system named 'Barney' will be set up in a garage, with two half-wit guys to drive the cars into place and hook up the system.
Piggly-Wiggly clerk ladies? All replaced by 2050.....AI.
My question....more than half the US population probably won't need to get educated beyond the 7th grade. Their jobs? Curious question and no answer.
2 comments:
I think you presume the stable continuation of the electric grid.
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All evidence indicates either a) the dang thing self-fails and spectacularly, or b) those evil 'non-state actors' chop down a few strategic transmission lines, then snipe the repair-crews and their trucks.
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An alternative would be to arson a few forests with those massive transmission towers melted to slag.
And then, Oops!, they did it again.
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And 'yes', harari is a putz.
(Although accurate, for the purposes of today's discussion, the autocorrect suggestion of 'kammie harris' is incorrect (although accurate)...)
To be clear, I think kammie is doing a fine fine splendid job as the American vice deely-bobber, and is not a putz.
(That should clear-up any misinterpreting by our beloved government agents [stands, salutes] reading this.)
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