Future-proofing Yourself. AI, Economics & Work. Dear Friend,
Whatever you do for a living you can be certain that AI (artificial intelligence) is going to affect it in some way.
There are 3 reasons why: - Agentic AI - This is where AI can handle the end-to-end work flow for a job by breaking it down into steps and dividing it up among AI 'agents' that talk to each other. An example is Manus.
- ChatGPT with arms and legs (autonomous robots). These are robots that can carry out actions in the real world based on spoken instructions. An example is Google's Gemini Robots.
- Artificial General Intelligence - This is where the AI is able to 'think' in a versatile way like a human being and able to understand text, video and the spoken word (multimodal). Interview with Demis Hassabis.
Here's what Shri Mataji had to say about all of this back in 1984 ( yes, 1984 before the internet!):
"That the machine one day if you do not assert your freedom and a proportionate understanding of the powers of machine also, you might just be finished completely. You can see that these computers now can speak, can take over. Supposing something goes wrong with the computer, it can start devouring the whole world. How can you stop it?"
A brilliant economist called John Maynard-Keynes made a prediction in 1930 about the future of work - that we'd be working just 15-hours a week, the rest of the time being spent in leisure activities.
Presumably, the 15-hour weeks will be made possible by the AI.
However things develop, we may be moving into a time when what we do for a living no longer defines us as much; which we got a preview of during the pandemic.
The best way to prepare for this is to cultivate the one thing that nobody can take away from you, that is your Spirit. More below.
Also below: chill out with 3 minutes of classical cello; and, clearing your throat so your hands can speak better.
Best wishesP. PS. Moon Calendar (at end) this coming week: Wed. 16th April - Sankashti Chaturthi (Difficult problems solved easily); Sun. 20th - Saptami ( Your Lucky 7th). |
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