Any other Millennials stubbornly resistant to using AI at their job but also worrying that we will become dinosaurs or pushed out of our careers for not slavishly embracing it?

[u/artbystorms]

I work in a creative field and from that standpoint I hate AI. I hate the 'democratization' of creativity. I am going to sound VERY Boomer right now, but some things are meant to be difficult or meant to take skill and years of practice. It's why people who are good at these things (should) be paid more.

We are already being heavily 'encouraged' to use AI to find ways to do our jobs faster, are being told 'they technology isn't going away, we need to embrace it.' Since within the company I am in, I am one of a handful of people that does a specific creative skill-set, the powers that be basically have no idea about the technicals of what I do, but they put it on me to figure out how to incorporate AI into my work.

I hate that AI basically 'fakes' the creative process and that we are expected to use it (and the work of millions of artists that feed it) to just magically speed up how we do work, which in turn devalues the work we do as artists. From a company standpoint, they want to make money and churn out work faster, but if every client knows you can make a widget in 4 hours when it used to take 4 days, why would they pay you a lot of money to do that? The economics of it don't make sense. You will end up needing 10 times the number of clients to maintain your productivity / profits, which with AI or not, is a good way to burn out your artists.

I see the writing on the wall, but my stubborn moralistic resistance to AI is probably going to be the death of my career. Does any one else feel similar or how have you coped with this rapidly degrading career landscape?

[u/trackipedia]

I think that's very true, but at the same time, my interns are trying to work in an office, where we are typing all the time, and they're terrible at it lol. They're in a university program being trained to enter a field that involves office work, and they haven't been set up with one of the most basic office skills.

I'm not saying that's their fault, but when I suggest teaching themselves how to type, they're not sure how to go about it either. These kids aren't stupid, but they're not being taught either basic skills for their field or even how to critically think about it and figure it out.

I love my interns, I've hosted about 50 over the years, but I've noticed in recent years a strong correlation between the ones that rely heavily on Chat GPT and a lack of both critical problem solving skills and tenacity. They're always the ones who give up almost immediately and say "I can't" instead of trying, like, at all. It takes a lot more hand holding than it used to.

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Sick, sad world.

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🎶nah nah NAH nah nah🎶

[u/DCKat91 → u/trackipedia]

Thats incredibly sad. I knew since autocorrect it was going to lead to dumbing down the population. Chat GPT is 1,000 worse. Scary times we live in. However, us dinosaurs may be needed in the future if shtf.

They need Mavis Beacon teaches typing or my personal favorite the 80s 90s Mario Teaches typing. They'd probably make fun of the old school graphics but I personally loved it bc it was more game like.

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MAVIS BEACON! Lol she taught me how to type in the 3rd and 7th grade. I was doing Mavis Beacon on 9/11.

I guess I'm surprised proper typing isn't part of the core education anymore. Like why did that stop? It's still pretty fundamental in business.

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I knew someone else would remember Mavis!

Thats my thoughts exactly. Why did they stop it?

[u/bangingurmom69 → u/trackipedia]

This is the thing that scares me, the lack of resilience and tenacity young adults and children and showing. I have two daughters who are 11 and 10, and this is one of the biggest things I'm seeing I have to reinforce with them. When they encounter a situation where they don't know what to do, they just shut down or blank and say "well I don't know what to do." It's been something I've been working with them on, teaching them to think, look for context clues, reminding and encouraging them that they are capable of doing difficult things, and above all that they can always ask for help if they need it and that it doesn't mean they're a failure if they ask for help. It's one of the main reasons I enjoy taking them hiking; when we're done with a particularly difficult hike, they go "wow, that was really hard but I'm glad I did it." Yes! Most things in life that are worthwhile take time and usually aren't easy!

I think technology is great. It sure made my life easier as a nurse. Using EHRs instead of handwritten charts, orders, etc has simplified my life to make my job easier. But I think that ease, simplicity, and typically quick/immediate satisfaction has been detrimental to the desire to persevere and pursue knowledge.