How to reshape the economy with the rise of AI?

[peter0425]

Let's face it. AI is not going anywhere. We keep saying that it will develop soon enough to become dangerous to the people but there is no way of stopping it. Trying to stop innovation would be counterproductive. Instead, why don't we think about how to work our way around AI instead? How can we still contribute to the economy even with the existence of AI?

First of all, not all jobs can and will be taken by AI. There would still be jobs that would require actual human labor. Social workers or those who have to interact and communicate with people would not be replaced by AI. Do not think that you would be talking to your therapist and it is AI. AI may be something you can "talk" to but it does not have the emotional depth a person has. You may want to consider this field.

Even though it has been made easy trying to make a piece of art, nothing still beats the way a human can express their creativity through different forms of art. AI art right now still looks too much like AI. Robot generated with no actual story and meaning unlike art made by human. Health workers and lawyers are less likely to be replaced by AI. Carpenters, technicians and etc are also jobs AI can't replace just yet. Even if we are old, it will not hurt to learn new things in new industries.


AI will not only be taking away jobs, it will also generate new ones. AI does not function on its own. It is made by humans also to replicate what other humans has already done to create something a human has asked of it. Software engineers are going to be needed if more companies are wishing to put out AI. So, even though the rate of which AI is booming may be concerning.... not all hope is lost.

There is and will always be place for humans in the economy even with the existence of AI.

[Rruchi man]

There is and will always be place for humans in the economy even with the existence of AI.

Truthfully there will always be a space for humans in the existence of technology; the concern, however, for most persons is that the space for humans will be greatly reduced. And if the space for humans is reduced, we will have more of those persons involved in other activities to still find a way to survive. So the fear is that they do not turn to crime. On the good side of things, AI (artificial intelligence) will only take out those individuals who've refused to embrace this new change and adapt to it. Currently they're service providers and freelancers who leverage the technology behind artificial intelligence to make their research work more efficient. They've not allowed artificial intelligence to do all the jobs, but rather, they have artificial intelligence now as personal assistants to make some tasks easier to achieve. That is good use of technology, and such persons will remain indispensable in their fields.

[DeathAngel]

Of course there will always be a space for humans in society. There are lots of things AI can not do, although with life like robots incorporating AI are becoming closer & closer to reality, but that’s another story. For now though human beings can use AI to help. We can both coexist together, for now.

[YOSHIE]

How to reshape the economy with the rise of AI?

If we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and economic development, of course we will not forget the function of the Navy itself and its creator, for me Al is a tool, system or machine that must be helped by human intelligence is commonly known.

For this reason, it can be for economic growth but it will happen through the development of technology, the meaning of technological development is quite extensive Look at this time, such as innovation, productivity and so on, of course the presence of Al if it is well utilized can create a good economy globally, as long as you don't use it wrong for negative purposes.

[WillyAp]

You guys are living in a bubble.

While the industry applies critical thinking investors are governed by hope.

Boston Consulting Group took a look at how companies across the globe are using AI, and found that one in three plans to invest at least $25 million in upgrading technology this year. However, only about 25% are already seeing ROI. I talked to BCG Global Leader of Tech and Digital Advantage Vladimir Lukic about the reasons behind that. An excerpt from our conversation is later in this newsletter.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cio/2025/01/30/why-75-of-businesses-arent-seeing-roi-from-ai-yet/
The underlying investigation:  https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/closing-the-ai-impact-gap

The largest issue I found is that many Corps lack a controlling factor in their intents to make it work.
Look at the search engines under AI. They confuse languages, search terms and worse they interpret your very search query. Did you mean?
So a search for websites ends up with some results over care taking. 
If you happen to use a newer domain extension you might be pushed into the spam corner, your pages get ripped off the index no matter what.
Meta deleted 30k groups under some windy argument. AI at work.
As the internet is the teacher, the internet is mostly a blender, so is the AI.

[Felicity_Tide]

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First of all, not all jobs can and will be taken by AI. There would still be jobs that would require actual human labor.

I have always being of the opinion that AI was never meant to take away jobs. Maybe I might have the opposite mindset few years back, but I guess I don't now. Why is that?, just like you pointed out, there is a place for interaction, and we as humans have that conscious minds that the same AI don't have. The thing is, AI has its positive and negative sides, but it varies from person to person. There are a very few that uses it far more efficiently, especially in their jobs. While a very large number depends heavily on it, which isn't a very good side from the aspect of we as humans.

Work will always be available. How we navigate matters alot. Let's not forget that certain group of people created so many of these AI tools, but it is not a threat to their own job, so I don't think that it should be a treat to others except we depend on it heavily.

[justinlamode]

AI will not only be taking away jobs, it will also generate new ones. AI does not function on its own. It is made by humans also to replicate what other humans has already done to create something a human has asked of it. Software engineers are going to be needed if more companies are wishing to put out AI. So, even though the rate of which AI is booming may be concerning.... not all hope is lost.

There is and will always be place for humans in the economy even with the existence of AI.

When they say that AI will take away jobs, they are not saying that there will not be humans in the system entirely rather it means that the number of humans needed to do certain jobs will be greatly reduced as most of the processes will be automated through AI. You will see companies q and thereby making more profits since their system will still run effectively even with less humans in service.

On the other hand, AI will create new jobs and businesses as it is happening already in the faceless YouTube where people are making money from videos generated through AI. But despite these new areas of businesses, there will be net decline in jobs due to AI.

[Webetcoins]

I do not believe it would be "dangerous" if we can limit access to be fair, but it's already quite opensource so I am pretty sure it is at the hands of everyone.

However, making it as illegal as it gets, aside from just whoever has the access, would still lower the chance of people who use it.

But I am not one of those people who think it will be dangerous, let everyone use it, it could be annoying or bothersome, but not dangerous, there are nations who are killing each other in thousands at the moment, I doubt AI would be that dangerous.

You need to invest into companies who do work with AI in industries, that's how you grow. Medicine world but with AI? Put a billion in. Footballing world but with AI scouting? Put 50 mill in. Want best tutoring for certain skills with AI? Put in 100 mill. Nations can do that and suddenly have some insanely growing company who makes billions from other nations, so you put in money, but make more in the future thanks to it.

[Jewan420]

I do not yet consider AI dangerous in economic development and industrial revolution. However, in real life, the negative side of AI affects me more. AI is taking away the jobs of those who are not able to upgrade themselves in line with the times or adapt to AI. Although it is possible to produce faster and do more work in less time, it is reducing human skills. It is directly affecting human skills and making people inefficient or lazy in a task.
Currently, AI is taking away the jobs of a graphic designer, coder and various freelancers or forcing them to be dependent on AI. This is basically reducing their skills and discouraging a newcomer from acquiring those skills. Now you only have to acquire skills on AI.

[eightdots]

I do not yet consider AI dangerous in economic development and industrial revolution. However, in real life, the negative side of AI affects me more. AI is taking away the jobs of those who are not able to upgrade themselves in line with the times or adapt to AI. Although it is possible to produce faster and do more work in less time, it is reducing human skills. It is directly affecting human skills and making people inefficient or lazy in a task.
Currently, AI is taking away the jobs of a graphic designer, coder and various freelancers or forcing them to be dependent on AI. This is basically reducing their skills and discouraging a newcomer from acquiring those skills. Now you only have to acquire skills on AI.

A development like artificial intelligence has had both positive and negative impacts on many businesses. Artificial intelligence has made many things easier, but it has also eliminated the effort required for many people to research and access information. This may be a positive or negative development. In fact, depending on the intended use of artificial intelligence, one could argue that it's either positive or negative.

Artificial intelligence has brought many advantages, and people are taking advantage of it. Of course, it also has its downsides. Depending on users' intended use, AI can be beneficial or negative.

Artificial intelligence is a development that directly impacts the economy because it impacts many areas of business. Some jobs should be integrated with AI, or many new job fields may emerge thanks to AI.

[Fiatless]

The title of the thread is "How to reshape the economy with the rise of AI" and the body of the work is discussing how AI cannot replace humans in the workplace.

How can we still contribute to the economy even with the existence of AI?

We have to lean how to integrate AI with our work task to make it easier, cheaper and productive. Just like every technological tools, AI is designed to assist man in his workplace. AI will not replace man but every worker would have to apply it to become relevant in the workplace.

[Fortify]

Let's face it. AI is not going anywhere. We keep saying that it will develop soon enough to become dangerous to the people but there is no way of stopping it. Trying to stop innovation would be counterproductive. Instead, why don't we think about how to work our way around AI instead? How can we still contribute to the economy even with the existence of AI?

First of all, not all jobs can and will be taken by AI. There would still be jobs that would require actual human labor. Social workers or those who have to interact and communicate with people would not be replaced by AI. Do not think that you would be talking to your therapist and it is AI. AI may be something you can "talk" to but it does not have the emotional depth a person has. You may want to consider this field.

Even though it has been made easy trying to make a piece of art, nothing still beats the way a human can express their creativity through different forms of art. AI art right now still looks too much like AI. Robot generated with no actual story and meaning unlike art made by human. Health workers and lawyers are less likely to be replaced by AI. Carpenters, technicians and etc are also jobs AI can't replace just yet. Even if we are old, it will not hurt to learn new things in new industries.


AI will not only be taking away jobs, it will also generate new ones. AI does not function on its own. It is made by humans also to replicate what other humans has already done to create something a human has asked of it. Software engineers are going to be needed if more companies are wishing to put out AI. So, even though the rate of which AI is booming may be concerning.... not all hope is lost.

There is and will always be place for humans in the economy even with the existence of AI.

In my limited experience with AI, it definitely has some uses and it will evolve to be better over time, but I've seen it throw out so many errors if you already know what it's meant to give you. There are certain jobs in the economy that look least vulnerable to AI - cleaners, truck drivers, dishwashers, roofers, etc. so people will adapt and there will be opportunities elsewhere. It's going to require a bit of rewiring of society and our approach to work if there less jobs even necessary in future and things like universal income might actually start to take place. If we are able to automate and have robotics eventually do many more things for us than today, we might actually have more leisure time and the people who want to work hard have that option.

[Jegileman]

First of all, not all jobs can and will be taken by AI. There would still be jobs that would require actual human labor. Social workers or those who have to interact and communicate with people would not be replaced by AI. Do not think that you would be talking to your therapist and it is AI. AI may be something you can "talk" to but it does not have the emotional depth a person has. You may want to consider this field.

I recalled a story that was on the internet one time on how a child was using an AI and was given a prompt by the AI to hurt himself or maybe even lead to his death. I don’t know how that story actually went against but those are one of the disadvantages of AI when not used the right way and kids having access to it without the AI knowing that kids are prone to some advise that if an elder doesn’t guide them, they might do the wrong thing and affect them. Of this kid would have communicated with human, he would not have been hurt or face any negative impacts from the directives of the AI which the parents left to him to access without considering the implications of it.

Even though it has been made easy trying to make a piece of art, nothing still beats the way a human can express their creativity through different forms of art. AI art right now still looks too much like AI. Robot generated with no actual story and meaning unlike art made by human. Health workers and lawyers are less likely to be replaced by AI. Carpenters, technicians and etc are also jobs AI can't replace just yet. Even if we are old, it will not hurt to learn new things in new industries.

AI cannot completely replace humans and till date there is still many things humans are actively doing that AI cannot replace so soon. Talking about physical works that requires physical application of energy to get it worked out, humans are still the one that can do it. No matter how good an AI is, it can only give directives on how to make it better but can’t replaced humans.

[Davidvictorson]

In all of these conversations of about AI taking over jobs, I think that most people who do not understand try to spread false information. AI will make jobs more efficient and people become more productive if they learn how to work collaboratively with AI in their work. And even on this AI discussion, new jobs are being created as a result of AI. What people have to do is to now improve on their skills to be able to use AI created jobs. And they are even having better pay than the other regular traditional jobs because only few people are in it at this time and they are highly sort after.

[alegotardo]

I completely agree with you... AI won't disappear and its impossible to stop yours advances.

But I think you're arguing the wrong point because the question isnt only which jobs will survive, but more importantly: how will people adapt and interact with it?

This issue of change is historical... in every major technological revolution, there always are jobs eliminated and others created. Don't see this change of jobs as something so important just because it's the first time you've faced it (I'm sorry, but I believe you're young).

Anyway... the difference now with AI is the speed at which change is occurring, because those who dont manage to update themselves in time will feel a much greater impact than in the past revolutions, when people had time to learn something new or/and adapt.

I think the best way out of this revolution will be hybrid professions, where humans will use AI as a tool to increase your self productivity... Human intelligence and creativity will never be replaced, so let's focus on this to guide the hard work that will be done by AI.

Blessed is he who can learn to guide an AI instead of trying to compete against it.

[d5000]

Do not think that you would be talking to your therapist and it is AI.

This example is really funny, as one of the first chatbots, Eliza, was modeled after a therapist. That was in 1967 ...

Of course this was a quite simple bot, but it is said that people had fun with it and some already did use it to feel better (not really therapy but to have a heart-warming conversation). Now in the 2020s, people are using chatbots like ChatGPT to ask for help if they are depressed. So exactly that "therapist" function is in my opinion a quite interesting AI application.

Even though it has been made easy trying to make a piece of art, nothing still beats the way a human can express their creativity through different forms of art.

Where AI already is quite good is at "decorative" and "applied" art. You need an infographic in the style of a nice impressionist painting? AI can already do that. Thus things like graphic design is definitely being affected.

Health workers and lawyers are less likely to be replaced by AI. Carpenters, technicians and etc are also jobs AI can't replace just yet.

For lawyers, language models can reduce their workload a lot, they can spit out a summary of all laws affected by a certain legal dispute, and thus they would have a similar effect than on other office workers.

Regarding health, there are a lot of machines developed for care jobs currently (e.g. robots that can assist elderly people to stand up and go to the bathroom), and AI can help them to optimize their movements. So I basically think there are very few jobs which aren't affected at all.


I would like to re-frame the discussion about the AI "danger" a bit. AI does not take away jobs, It takes away labour, i.e. certain tasks, so you need less hours to create a product. This means productivity is increased.

To say it in other words (oversimplified): Instead of firing 50% of their employees, a company could teach them to use AI, and then reducing their work by 50% -- but as they would be able to do the same tasks in that time, they could be paid only a slightly lower wage. (Of course today's AI only in a few case is able to double productivity, I think most of the time we're talking about 10%-20%, but that could be higher in a few years.)

Of course this has some macro effects (e.g. it could reduce prices of certain goods) and these effects would probably lead to a more significant wage reduction in the end. But the employees would have more time, they could take some new jobs offered thanks to AI. Or as they are much more productive now, they could do some lower-productivity work they like (e.g. art) where they don't earn that much money.

Basically "AI" is just another machine boosting our productivity. Like all machines since windmills (or earlier tech). It is a quite powerful one, though; I'd compare its importance with the first digital revolution (1970s/80s).

[mindrust]

They said the same thing for bitcoin. Some still say it.

“Bitcoin will kill banks. Soon legacy banking will be no more, btc will take over.”

“Btc will kill payments processors! Visa/Mc employees will get fired!”

Etc.

None of that happened and it doesn’t look like it will hallen any time soon. So when people say the same thing for AI, I am kind of cautious.

I don’t believe AI can kill that many jobs. It might kill some of them eventually but they were about to die probably anyway.

In the end AI is just a new tool which people can study and earn from it. Just like btc once was new and people w afraid of it too.

[MArsland]

I understand if AI is seen as a threat because it could make workers' jobs easier. However we cannot simply avoid it, because fundamentally AI is a tool no matter how advanced it is in handling various tasks, ultimately humans are the ones who control it. Unless you've watched too many movies about robots taking over the world, you'll always see AI as the greatest threat. So yes, humans will always have a place in this world and no one can deny that.

[fruktik]

Do you know what AI doesn't have? Emotions that are inherent to people. For example, it could be compassion, empathy, and so on. When people communicate, this radically changes the situation. Can AI do that? The question is rhetorical. Therefore, not everything is subject to this technology. And there is also no soul and self-awareness. Regarding the latter, I would not rush to conclusions. It is quite possible that in the near future it will reach this point. Is this dangerous? Of course. Just like heads of state with nuclear weapons.

Just recently watched a film where the main character started talking about the paper clip theory. What are you talking about? If you give AI the ultimate goal of producing paper clips, this will lead to the destruction of humanity, since all resources will be thrown at this, and a person will only become an obstacle on the way to achieving the result.

[shinratensei_]

AI will not only be taking away jobs, it will also generate new ones. AI does not function on its own. It is made by humans also to replicate what other humans has already done to create something a human has asked of it. Software engineers are going to be needed if more companies are wishing to put out AI. So, even though the rate of

AI are already replacing junior developers position, only AI researcher are getting all the jobs, see how meta are paying high amount for those AI researcher while companies are laying off junior engineers.
Even if AI can create new job opportunity, it will be significantly less than the job it replaced. I'm not a luddite and I embrace AI but acknowledging the fact that AI does indeed taking a lot of people's job can go a long way.

As for the capability of AI, we're still on early phase. Just wait for AGI and you will see it can replace much more job than you can imagine. World will be changed significantly by then.