Allen
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Ohio USA
Off topic. But, possibly useful information to SimHQ members still making their career plans:
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AI might falter due to human shortage
A new report from Chinese tech giant Tencent said that there are only 300,000 “AI researchers and practitioners” worldwide, but the “market demand” is for millions of roles.
The report confirms what tech giants have been complaining about - apparently an AI engineer can demand a high salary for her or his skills. Those with a few years’ experience can expect base pay of between $300,000 and $500,000 while the very best can collect millions.
One independent AI lab said that there were only 10,000 individuals worldwide with the right skills to spearhead serious new AI projects.
Tencent’s new “2017 Global AI Talent White Paper” suggests the bottleneck here is education. It estimates that 200,000 of the 300,000 active researchers are already employed in various industries - not just tech - while the remaining 100,000 are still studying. ..
I believe that AI devices will replace 98 percent of human jobs that dominantly require making decisions based on "thoughtful, objective, consideration of facts". I imagine most of the change will be during the next 50 years -- some folks say much less time.
That's not all jobs. But, most science, engineering, medicine, and repetitive manual jobs (e.g. truck driving) would fit. So, an AI specialist could aim to get into virtually any field that interests them.
I personally would go the AI route if I were starting my career over. I played with it some when I did work. And I've played with it after retirement.