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> You are in danger. Unless you estimate the odds of a breakthrough at <5%

It's not the odds of the breakthrough, but the timeline. A factory worker could have correctly seen that one day automation would replace him, and yet worked his entire career in that role.

There have been a ton of predictions about software engineers, radiologists, and some other roles getting replaced in months. Those predictions have clearly been not so great.

At this point the greater risk to my career seems to be the economy tanking, as that seems to be happening and ongoing. Unfortunately, switching careers can't save you from that.



We are the French artisans being replaced by English factories. OpenAI and its employees are the factory.


Checking the scoreboard a bit later on: the French economy is currently about the same size as the UK.


That has little to do with what I wrote, and isn't addressing the central issue.




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