Good Thursday evening. This is Daniel Allott with The Hill's Top Opinions.
"There is a serious possibility that the next decade will bring about a series of social and economic changes akin to the Industrial Revolution and the advent of the internet combined," writes journalist KRISTIN TATE.
And that's bad news for what Tate labels the "laptop class" — journalists, lawyers, coders and many other white-collar workers.
The changes are coming because artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at "breakneck speed." Tate references recent announcements of AI that can mimic human conversation, copy our voice, paint beautiful pictures and, yes, even write opinion newsletters.
"A short description and a click of the mouse can spit out a new novel by John Steinbeck or an economic treatise by Thomas Sowell," she writes.
Tate sees a certain irony in the coming revolution. "[T]he massive advances in the STEM field also may prove to be its undoing. … [M]any of the job paths related to the science, technology, engineering and math programs may be seriously reduced due to AI."
Will the revolution leave anyone unscathed?
Tate believes blue-collar workers – who work with their hands in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, construction and maintenance – "will enjoy job security."
"The elite sneering at an honest day's labor may be the economic and educational error of the last century. Unfortunately, the last generation in education elevated white-collar ideals over blue-collar experience. It may have been a very bad choice to convince would-be electricians to be English or even math majors."
Read Tate's op-ed here.
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