The popular Dinosaurs that have gone viral on social media in recent days have sparked the unsettling, but not so new, concern about the “extinction” of many professions. These professions are said to be replaced by artificial intelligence, in a number of fields and areas of technical and scientific knowledge, on a global scale. In this article, we will explore how true this is.
The rise of artificial intelligence has led to many fears about its impact on the future of work. Some people believe that AI will eventually replace all human jobs, while others believe that it will simply create new jobs and opportunities.
The truth is likely somewhere in between. AI is already being used to automate tasks in a number of industries, and it is likely that this trend will continue in the future. However, AI is also creating new jobs in areas such as data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence itself.
The key to preparing for the future of AI is to be adaptable and willing to learn new skills. Those who are able to do this will be well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities that AI will create.
Por Marcial Fuenmayor
(Pow Ideas Agencia) Social networks can be—and indeed are—a powerful indicator of new trends, not only in the technological world, but also in the cultural world that humanity will experience. This has been demonstrated in recent days with what began as an innocent campaign that became viral in record time, the dino professions. Beyond the impressive design that emotionally connects with the masses due to its charming personality, this network phenomenon has come to demonstrate the important advance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), an unprecedented technological process that has arrived; and that, in short, is reality.
The dino professions campaign, created by the Spanish agency LOLA MullenLowe, has managed to capture the attention of millions of users around the world. The campaign features a series of dinosaur-themed images, each of which represents a different profession that is at risk of being replaced by AI.
The campaign has been praised for its creativity and humor, but it has also sparked a serious debate about the future of work. Some people believe that AI will eventually replace all human jobs, while others believe that it will simply create new jobs and opportunities.
The truth is likely somewhere in between. AI is already being used to automate tasks in a number of industries, and it is likely that this trend will continue in the future. However, AI is also creating new jobs in areas such as data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence itself.
The key to preparing for the future of AI is to be adaptable and willing to learn new skills. Those who are able to do this will be well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities that AI will create.
As ancient as prehistoric dinosaurs are the fears of humans regarding change, and the uncertainty it represents. On a collective level, history provides compelling lessons in this regard; one only needs to look at the pages recounting the social, labor, and economic changes of the great industrial revolutions, something very similar to the current reality with AI.
Equally real is the fear of the unknown, sometimes of innovation, or rather, of change, and essentially, of the impact this has on social relationships, ways of life, the predictability of known economic and financial strategies, and everything that presupposes stability. In other words, these charming prehistoric buddies have brought to light ancient fears as old as themselves, and this is nothing other than the fear of many professionals of being displaced, discarded, and rendered obsolete by the imminent advance of AI, which promises entrepreneurs and their organizations to reduce costs and increase the cost-benefit ratio.
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More than a sentence to the extinction of trades and professions, our more recent ancestors experienced a reordering, having to adapt to the new paradigm that was here to stay. Indeed, they leveraged technologies to optimize and enhance quality in every sense of the word. Ultimately, this translated into increased productivity and even, in their time, an improvement in quality of life. Something very similar is happening today, and in our professional opinion, it has nothing to do with a massive extinction that will consign a countless number of necessary professions and technical trades to history; but rather, they will be reinvented, renewed, and strengthened by AI.
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- The positive impact on the future of professionals will be very significant, and AI will also contribute to the generation of new types of jobs such as the prompt engineer.
However, it is impossible to overlook the swift pace of these changes, which imply a shift in societal thinking. Such velocity has been primarily due to changes driven by unprecedented events that emerged to completely alter everything humanity knew, most specifically the 2020 pandemic. A global public health emergency, whose impact confined almost the entire world population to their homes, imposed new labor, social, and economic relationships, propelling AI forward. AI is here to stay, and it also does not represent the final frontier in the infinite universe of possibilities that the human mind can contemplate, in pursuit of its boundless creativity aimed at addressing needs and problems, even if it entails strong resistance at the outset.
These charming dinos come to showcase ancient fears, but also and essentially, the extraordinary possibilities of growth, progress, and evolution that changes represent for human beings. Undoubtedly, dinosaurs are very much in trend today; just take a look at Disney Channel’s top charts, where the 90s series “Dinosaurs” has topped the list for weeks. By the way, without spoiling anything, in the series finale, these unique beings warn and advise humanity on issues as current as climate change or sustainability. Like the dinoprofessionals, they are now calling for reflection and analysis on a fundamentally positive and forward-looking change, in which AI can play a key and promising role.
