Approaching the Job Problem

 “AI will take human jobs!!” People keep saying that, or at least you see lots of that on social media and news. They also say that currently AI is being used as an escape goat for some job losses that have nothing to do with that. White collars replaced by software, blue collars replaced by robots. That might as well be in some future, but, what about the jobs that humans are taking from humans (not the idiotic “foreigners are taking our jobs” thing)? What about those jobs that are not being taken by anyone because they don’t (or no longer) exist, no one wants them, or there are not enough qualified/certified people to do them?

What general types of jobs there could be, anyway? Let’s see…

Basic: Stuff even a 12 years old human could do without any training or specific ability. Cleaning, carrying, assembling…

Dark basic: We are talking about the underworld here. Unfortunately, sex work is still associated with this. Gansters, thieves…

Trade: Couldn’t find a less vague term, sorry. I mean, those activities that require some training, are very useful and could even be very profitable; but even if respected and appreciated, lack some status. Electricians, carpenters, the “tech guys”, dental hygienists, farmers, artists, athletes…

Dark trade: OK, let’s just say the proper word: Crime. The underworld again, but it uses the skills of the rest of the types of work, or even develops their own. Hackers, specialized thieves, hit-men, some politicians…

Entrepreneurs: I avoided ironical quotations marks to define those people just trying to sell you stuff, or recruit you for something. Classic merchants, legal quasi-scammers, cult/church people, politicians, some artists…

Influencers: Even if you spend an embarrassing amount of time watching them, you may not be able to avoid rolling your eyes or make the “I’m going to throw up” gesture when you hear about them. Some of them are just impersonal accounts, AI sloping without shame! Is this a sustainable type of work? How many creators people can really follow and watch, consistently? Also, creators who have a real profession…, sorry, that was rude! I mean, people whose main income is from a…, more formal or concrete kind of job, they’re very good at this “influencing” business. In the case of those who see this as their future profession, are they just becoming the new “I don’t need school ‘cause I’m gonna be an artist” ones?

Professionals. Technicians, doctors, engineers, translators, scientists, and whatever profession someone can say “I’m a…”, and immediately gives you some social pedigree (no matter the level of success).

I’ve made a mistake: Influencers are not a type of job, they are a job withing the Entrepreneurs type of job. Of course, I could just modify the text, but I spread too much about them and that would be a long digression. Also, it would require some effort. Effort! Yuk!

What I wanted to try to answer today was “why it is so difficult to find a job?”. I didn’t realize that until now. It’s too late. I will get to that in another writing session.