The Culprit is Ai and the money behind him is long, so how will Ai affect your climate resilience as the globe warms? Immigration has put pressure on infrastructure, but our problems are more a function of governments failing to upgrade and expand infrastructure, while corporations increase productivity and profit but lower wages even as migrants pay taxes.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), initially explored in the 1960s, has become a significant force in the 21st-century economy, with machines and technology now performing tasks and reasoning at a basic human level. The scope of AI is immense, with projections suggesting that robots could contribute $90 billion and AI-based solutions another $80 billion to corporate revenues in the US by 2030. This growth is primarily due to AI's ability to replace human labor, thus boosting productivity, lowering manufacturing costs, and reducing expenses related to repetitive cognitive tasks, especially in white-collar professions.
According to PC Magazine AI is not all bad "...it can serve as an invaluable tool for both responding to extreme weather events more effectively and constructing more resilient infrastructure. Numerous AI technology innovations have been developed to combat the impacts of climate change. Typically, an AI solution involves a predictive algorithm that processes vast data sets to forecast future occurrences. The outcome might be the subsequent section of a press release or, in the case of certain software, the predicted spread of a wildfire."
AI is a powerful tool uniquely suited to address complex environmental challenges. With its ability to collect, process, and analyze vast and intricate datasets on emissions, climate effects, and more, AI supports a more informed and data-centric approach to reducing carbon emissions and fostering a sustainable society. Additionally, it can direct global climate initiatives towards regions that are most vulnerable.
Decades after automation began reshaping manufacturing jobs, artificial intelligence is now challenging humans in corporate offices worldwide. White-collar layoffs are escalating across various sectors, including recent job cuts at Google, Duolingo, the Federal government, and UPS. The rise of AI technologies like ChatGPT has reignited concerns about AI replacing humans in jobs previously considered immune to automation, from programming to truck driving and even artistic professions. While AI has the potential to create new jobs, the prevailing corporate focus seems to be on reducing manufacturing costs and boosting productivity, with little regard for the consumer base's future. This approach, prioritizing profit over practicality, highlights the paradox of a society capable of both brilliance and folly. Indeed, new research indicates that AI poses a risk to the workforce, with white-collar jobs being particularly vulnerable.
Climate change and other forms of environmental degradation have already caused net negative impacts on jobs and work productivity!
Jobs that are most likely to be replaced by AI include:
Supply chain optimization
Legal research
Financial analysis
Predictive maintenance on fixed assets
Content marketers
Auto Workers
Copy Editors
As much as a quarter of current jobs could be fully replaced by AI, and two-thirds of all jobs — or 300 million jobs — will be impacted by AI automation in ways both large and small this number will affect future ability of youth to own homes, have families and maintain living conditions that support climate resiliency!
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