thank you for accepting me. This is my very first message in this community. I'm 45, a mom, a wife (as long as my husband can put up with me) and an English teacher (permament position at public school). My current main concern is AI taking over my job and other people's jobs. I have alway been a bit anxious in my life but these days this is almost freaking me out. I can see the rapid advancements and I am afraid that most of us will be soon replaced by AI and I do not know what else can I do or study in order to improve my career prospects also because I have never been that good Maths/Science, etc. Is there someone who would like to share their point of view? My husband doesn't get my concern and I cannot blame him but I feel rather lonely sometimes. Thank you for your time.
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I feel like we all need to take a deep breath and a wait and see approach. I know it's not easy for many of us to live that way as our brains focus on future worries.
Are any of your co workers feeling this way? Maybe you can support each other by talking about it.
I hope if this happens it will be a long way down the road
Thank you very much for your support! I know I should live each day and not worry too much but sometimes I find it difficult. Unfortunately no colleague of mine seems to be that worried so I do not want to be the first to raise the issue. I'll keep going with my meditations and I hope for the best. Thank you again for your kind words.
I have experience in AI as an independent researcher. I am less impressed by AI than most.
It has to do with the current AI technologies (and the lack of options for future AI tech).
First of all AI CANNOT FEEL nor understand and process feelings. Therefore AI cannot know how to teach about emotions and handle the emotions of others, like students. Humans are still needed to help with and teach children and help them get through life.
For example, AI cannot recognize, understand or help in cases of violence, bullying, sexual and other abuse, depression, anxiety and other mental and physical illnesses…, the list goes on and on. And currently AI is based on general knowledge even if that knowledge is wrong. For example current AI would say the earth is flat if it were used centuries ago.
Current AI, like chatbots, use probability to select a response, without a conscious thought as to the truthfulness or falseness of the response. The chatbots promote group think and are detrimental to creativity, innovation and critical thinking. They can make suggestions but won’t know how to help, other than within the box of which they are programmed.
And, the AI processes are a severely limited, flawed and fragile intelligence. The students are smarter and more intelligent than the AI.
Hope this helps you and others. Also the other teachers (and probably students) are likely thinking and feeling the same way as you, and are keeping their thoughts to themselves. You can help by starting and sharing a conversation about AI, and thereby helping everyone involved feel better, and more comfortable, confident and informed.
Though it may be frightening you might even lead the school into the 22nd century. Foresight is another capability that AI lacks. Hang in there human lol.
It is a real threat to many jobs, in film, education, archives, writing, research, etc. But one thing AI doesn't have, is the human heart, compassion, spontaneity of ideas, the ability to 'wing it on the fly' as needed, truly creative intuition that can create art with a life to it, music that sings in our hearts, a film or book that can take our minds to another universe, and the ability to physically comfort someone. AI is the 'Tin Man' without a heart. It may be able to present data on a screen....but it doesn't have human intuition which can sense when a kid is in trouble emotionally and needs direction. It can't pick up a box of crayons and hand them to a kid who is lost and abandon emotionally, and tell them to just draw for the day because the teacher could feel their sadness...and knew this would take this child out of it for a while, by doing something positive and creative that made them feel good about themselves. AI is a tool, but it can't replace humanity or love.
I have been using a paid ChatGPT 4o (omnicron) account for hours per day for more than a year. I use if for chemistry, math, languages, and many queries. It has fundamentally and radically changed my workflow and has enable me to synthesize and aggregate information that is output precisely according to my (precise) input, while all remains in memory, so that if I want to reference a certain point regarding a previous output, it will remember that output and I will not have to repeat the original question.
Bottom line: If you are afraid of AI, jump on board, learn it, use it! I will be of any help I can in this endeavor if you are interested. With experience under your belt, in time, you will be able to put your fears in perspective.
No, hypercat54, 80% of what I write is directly from my human brain. Hey, it's odd that you think that there is a problem with facts not having personality. Personality is irrelevant to facts. Would you expect 2^3 = 8 to have personality?? And some of the stuff I've offered about a solution that can completely prevent an anxiety attack by reversing respiratory alkalosis via "pursed lip" breathing--these are scientific facts with zero personality but they are extremely useful to resolve exaggerated anxiety states which clearly are a function of personality, although neurologically derived. So there is a reciprocal relationship between "facts" and "personality."
And, in the daily responses I write to those whose posts are unanswered, I would say that 90% are directly from my human brain. The idea that I'm just copying/pasting from an AI bot is just not so. And if I do copy/paste from an AI machine, and it's useful, then what's the problem?
Counterargument to an AI skeptic fearful of losing employment:
While AI may automate certain tasks, it also creates opportunities for new roles that didn’t previously exist, emphasizing creativity, problem-solving, and human interaction—areas where people excel over machines. Historically, technological advancements have consistently shifted labor markets rather than eliminated them outright, leading to more fulfilling and dynamic career paths. By adapting and upskilling, individuals can work alongside AI to amplify their productivity, allowing them to focus on strategic, meaningful work rather than repetitive tasks. AI isn’t here to replace people; it’s here to empower them to achieve more.
Need I tell you that the above is machine generated? And note that it conforms or corroborates the opinions of some members here. Consider it a tremendous advancement for humankind. BUT YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR NICHE! Jump on board and learn and embrace it! If you run away from it in fear, you will only weaken your position.
The best way to parse or clarify future possibilities as well as fears is to particpate. One one hand that means NOT relying Web 2.0 social media for information but rather scientific articles and reliable and credible technical journals. The second is to begin to use an AI program and incorporate it into your daily workflow, There is no substitute for direct experience because it is empirical and evidence based rather than it being "just someone's opinion" which is difficult to evaluate, well, partly depending on whose opinion you are referencing. There are many LLM's (Large Language Models) to choose from. Two principal ones are Google's Gemini (formerly Bard) and ChatGPT. ChatGPT is available from your browser at the website chatgpt.com and is also downloadable as an Android or an IOS app. It is free. The free version has limitations but is quite functional. Further, if you sign up for a free account--user name and password--the program will retain all your data.
To give you an example of the power (and it's just one of many examples), of the smartphone app, in my case for iOS, I can dictate (English only) a long passage with however much complexity I choose, and in seconds it will output my speech in text form without evaluation (I ask it not to evaluate). I can then copy/paste a large amount of text to WhatsApp and do not have to type one word. This only takes seconds. Besides, in the country I live, English is not the primary language. My wife of 12 years does not speak one word of English and I am speaking in her language 24/7. Yet I can dictate some complicated stuff in English to my physician here and it will do a perfect translation to her language in about three seconds.
Regarding students and others using AI to cheat, absolutely, this is a huge problem that must be resolved. I spent hours with my sister, also an English teacher, how she could best use AI to evaluate her students' essays. I discovered some AI capacities that did excellent work making correct and precise evaluations that now she would not have to waste hours doing, freeing up her labor time. On the hand, I also discovered factors in the AI text, that would be strong clues indicating cheating. I also came to various solutions to test whether a student, in fact, did or did not cheat. For example, assume that the student is knowledgeable of the subject of the essay he wrote, for he wrote it and not AI, right? OK, hold on to his submitted paper, sit him on a desk near you and have him write one half page of his essay. Compare both and evaluate. So, sure, AI is going to raise tremendous and complicated problems. The point is that these problems must be evaluated and resolved. Maybe AI can help to resolve AI problems! LOL!
I have a daughter that's a high school English teacher so I'm very familiar with what's going on in the classroom.
We had a recent law suit here in my state.
A student used AI to write a paper and got caught. The school set out some punishments. The parents insisted this was not AI generated ad did the student. Wealthy town, parents having a fit their son may not get into his IVY league college. Parents lost the law suit.
More will be revealed on this as time goes by.
I never thought I would see robotic surgery in an operating room but hello, it's here.
OK, the prvileged classes using AI to fraudulently "game the system" to increase the child's chances to attend an Ivy League college? For sure, there are all kinds of boundaries and contraints that will need to be laid down. Ha, and a studpid decision too. The student not doing his own work doesn't bode well for his future academic success. I taught for 30 years and retired precisely at 12:30 PM, on a Friday, June 20, 2008. No one had a clue that AI would be on the horizon.
I'm laughing because you are way over my head now with the technology. I think it fascinating that you can communicate in different languages through the phone. Question.... when you were 30 years old did you ever see that coming?
You, Dolphin14, can also communicate in different languages. It's not so hard as AI is doing the heavy lifting. You say that I am way over your head with respect to technology. But I was not different from you when I began. Everyone has a beginning. Trust yourself. Start the process. Go to Wikipedia, there must be an article on ChatGPT, which will give you a basic orientation, then download the app. If you need help along to way, I'll help you. No, 41 years ago, when I was 30, I did not see this coming. The Internet did not exist. Smartphones did not exist. Personal computers did not exist. The theoretical beginnings of AI, however, did exist as I am now finding out as I read about the history of AI . . .
Yes. I was just thinking I understood barely a word said. I can make no sense or connection to it at all.
I think this site is more valuable for the human touch rather than just stuff from the net. I don't know about anyone else but its the human touch here which makes sense to me.
Anything else I just think of as bumph and can't relate to, so just scroll on past. If some here can then that's fine though. It takes all sorts after all and we are all different.
Lack of identity caused by infiltration of AI, sure AI has it's uses, in technological 'breakthroughs' in various fields including medicine, BUT long term presently unknown reactions caused directly or indirectly using AI, after all, Artificial Intelligence [programmed originally by man [human]] We have no real control on how far AI will go, how much upgrading, 'improving', will go on, how much control the average person will have? All those pictures of beautiful scenery actually in true life exist, disinformation caused by AI happens all the time! We are being pushed by a push button society, telling the ordinary bloke, in quick succession a rambling selection of alternatives, especially for an 'oldie' like myself, very off putting! I have early dementia, this sort of process is rapidly quickening it up every day! As you can gather I'm not a great admirer of AI🙉
I should have said; Do "those pictures of beautiful scenery actually in true life exist, disinformation caused by AI happens all the time!" [touch of dementia☹]
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