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AI is the theory and discipline of programming computers to learn from data and recognize patterns. There are two main types of AI: reactive machines and limited memory machines. Jobs like assistants and drivers may be replaced by AI, but jobs that require ethics and human touch, like doctors and judges, may be harder to replace. Automated truck driving has pros like being eco-friendly, but safety concerns and job loss are cons. Neuralink is a project that implants a computer in your head, allowing access to the internet. It has potential applications in communication and language translation. To adapt to AI, lifelong learning, soft skills, specialization, and new job opportunities are important. Okay, so what is AI? According to my Coursera article, it is the theory and discipline of programming computer systems to learn from and spot patterns in data sets. These algorithms and models perform human tasks like recognizing speech or images and making decisions. Two main types of AI that we'll see in our workforce and lives are going to be, it's going to be reactive machines, which is just going to be one input, one output, like an assembly line robot or something that would solve an equation or something like that. Then we have limited memory machines, which is going to be able to have, it will be able to take in an algorithm of parameters that you set as the user and then output information based off of that and be reactive to whatever you're inputting. So if you add parameters, it will react to those things as well, so that's why it's considered an unlearned machine. I'm thinking about the first jobs that are going to be replaced by AI in the future. Those are going to be jobs such as assistants or assessments, and that's because they're the easiest to be automated or replicated autonomously. I also think it will be interesting that jobs such as driving and truck driving will be replaced autonomously, along with taxis or cabs or things such as Goobers have already started to be implemented autonomously in our society and will only continue to grow. I'm thinking about the jobs that might be safer now into the future. Those could be jobs that have more of an ethical aspect to them or a human touch, such as a doctor, surgeon, or even a judge or lawyer. These jobs could be very hard to replace for AI because the computer or AI could not be trusted or have the information needed to perform these high-risk tasks with a human element. All right, so Owen, you brought up automated truck driving. Can you just kind of talk about the pros and cons associated with that concept? Yeah, obviously I think some of the cons is a safety issue. I think there could be a lot of dangers with autonomous driving on the roads because obviously there's not a person behind the actual wheel. Along with this, there could be the question of what happens when they crash, if that's all, so kind of just dangers with that aspect. I think some pros are, obviously, it's more eco-friendly because the trucks are electric rather than gas, also a lot of carbon emissions. Another pro could be for the companies themselves, they're maybe making a lot more money because they wouldn't have to pay actual truck drivers. It would all be, obviously, autonomous and don't have somebody to pay. Yeah, so just going off of that, man, just looking at the future of AI and just what we see coming in the next few years or something, we already had a statute come out in the last year that has just totally taken over the whole entire country. What I found was interesting was CNN just came out with an article in 2022 about Neuralink. Neuralink was a project Elon Musk was working on where he had a chip implanted to a person who was paraplegic, and the chip was connected to a computer, so they were able to access the computer through their mind, which I thought was very cool, just seeing how far we were able to go from chat to PC all the way to Neuralink, straight to computers in the brain right now. It's just absolutely crazy. All right, Corey, you mentioned Neuralink. If you can just kind of describe what that is and how AI is kind of integrated into that process. Yeah, so Neuralink is basically, I mean, just to sum it up, it's a computer in your head. So pretty much the implant is through your skull and wrapped around your brain, and in some cases, even through your brain stem, since you are paralyzed, since you don't get needed. So, yeah, it's kind of crazy. So then it gives you the power to access the internet while in your head, but there are where they have to connect where it is sticking out of your head a little bit, so they have to connect it at some point to, I don't know, update it or something like that. So there's still a lot of unknowns about this, but yeah. Did they talk about major applications or anything that could be used for it? Honestly, it was more around accessing the web. I mean, in a couple of the articles from this past year, they show this person with ALS playing chess in their head. So, yeah, honestly, I'm not really sure. I think there has to be a little bit more information coming out in the next few years to see what the true properties of this thing is going to be and what's really going to help. I know it's also used for communication and speaking when they use their ability to speak now, but yeah. So I think speaking is probably the main. I can tell you that. Maybe it's for language or something? Like translation or something? Yeah, it's just kind of like, I remember after this past article from CNN, they talked about how if Stephen Hawking had this ability, it would just change the whole entire world. Just because it happens, like, if Stephen Hawking, he could barely translate with this translator, but this, yeah, would speed up the process and make him deliver more information to us. In regards to what we can do to adapt to the technology, there are a couple of things that you can do to protect yourself from being confused by AI. So according to this article from Oxford University, we can adapt to AI with lifelong learning. And so learning new skills and staying up to date on interesting trends will be extremely pliable in the job market. Another thing that we can do is develop soft skills, like improving our communication and problem-solving abilities. Teamwork, critical thinking, communication are all qualities that should develop and improve because AI can't replicate them. Another thing that we can consider is specialization, like specializing in niche fields such as machine learning or data analytics because these are the most protected jobs in the market. And so the last thing that I'd like to talk about is, will AI create new jobs? And the answer is yes. An article from the World Economic Forum discusses some potential jobs that will arise from AI, one being trainers. And those trainers can be AI developers, engineers, even scientists working to build and develop AI systems. Another job that AI will create is explainers. And those are the ones responsible for making the technology more user-friendly, so more like designers basically. And then finally we have sustainers. They are more like AI safety officers. They ensure that technology is compliant to the standards and regulations, or even check for the system's accuracy and make sure it's working perfectly. Microsoft Mechanics www.microsoft.com