AI will automate and eliminate many jobs. But that’s not new thing in history. Usually when there is automation of an industry, there’s a rise to new industries we never though could have existed.

Textiles, agriculture, mining, automotive, etc.

Humans will invent something cool and new that will provide many jobs. Then the cycle will repeat

Interesting to consider.

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I’m genuinely asking. What is it that was achieved in 2023 that was meant to be achieved in 2038.

Bunch of anti therapy people in here. It won’t ever be fully replaced by AI. You all just have bad therapists. And sorry to people who can only access online therapy but it’s not as good.

This might not be a popular take on this subreddit, but teachers. AI can interpret test data and suggest differentiations for a learning disability, but AI can't teach a child how to read, conduct a science experiment, or shoot a free throw.

Here's an example: I was selectively mute in middle school. I entered high school and did the bare minimum in my acting class. But the teacher saw potential in me as a debater. She had one of her seniors talk to me about joining debate. Over the next three years she changed my life. Because of her, I've spoken in front of audiences of hundreds of people as part of my career.

I don't see AI replacing teachers. I do see AI replacing a lot of the administrative duties that superintendents and principals now do.

If you can’t fix what it gets wrong it doesn’t go anywhere

One I feel I'm the only one who brings up is live theater; by the time a robot could be a "Broadway star" or whatever (hey that's the top level) just as well as a human they'd be so humanlike you wonder if them taking our jobs is really that ethical

I think you are horribly mistaken and "Therapist" will be in one of the first major rounds of job eliminations. Every study conducted on the topic shows people are more comfortable speaking to computer therapists than human therapists. And have improved outcomes as a result.

There's no feeling of being judged by a computer to overcome before progress can be made.

Many people have in fact been using AI as their therapist for a while now. And I'm certain the number will only exponentially increase as soon as famous people start recommending it as a low cost alternative to traditional talk therapy.

Plus...it's free, available on demand 24/7 and can be accessed from home.

I'm not sure how you think traditional therapists will be able to compete with that.

You will not be able to compete with that in a free market.

There simply isn't a better value proposition than free, whenever you want and from your couch. Unless you are planning on doing free, 24/7, on demand house calls.

So there are some jobs AI will struggle to replace. Like on site construction and maintenance work.

But "Therapist" isn't one of them.

It will likely be one of the first jobs on the AI chopping block.

You'll be able to get internet on your phone anywhere in just a few years.

Not everyone has access to it in the first place.

Which is even more ridicolous.

Empathy and nonverbal building of rapport for one, but also the judgment to intervene and take proportional action when there is an immediate threat to someone's life.

Do you want a therapist to call someone when their patient is seriously considering harming someone? Don't be too quick to wish for a machine to do that.

If therapist takes digital notes those could be hacked just as easily than an AI server. Heck the way folks fall for phishing scams and click on malware links the therapist notes are more at risk to be stolen.

Why anyone will need you at all?

I would guess that the security agencies have had some advanced forms of AI before ChatGPT was released to public. I’m sure the public would be shocked at the kind of technologies our government employs without our knowledge.

Have you tried ChatGPT? Ask it ANYTHING. Don't focus on what it gets wrong -- focus and be shocked by what it gets right. This is stuff only people could do a few years ago.

Nice try but an A.I. can have bad data fed to it. A.I.s have to be connected to the cloud. A.I.s are stored on servers, designed to be accessible digitally.

What you state, physical file storage, breaking in. Someone has to physically go to the office and know where it is and have a connection a patient of the therapist. No random person will do that, it will be targeted.

Plus they'll have to carry all those files out of the office or computer and usually professional buildings will have 24/hr security on site.

An A.I. therapist won't have such an office and can be hacked any time during your hypothetical appointment.

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Over what time period? Someone gave a decent point earlier about manual dexterity, as at least in the short term complicated, physical, situationally dependent jobs will be difficult to automate. Those are going away within a decade-ish most likely though. In the long run, probably one of the last recourses will be things people aren't comfortable with automating (not so much therapists, but more along the lines of politicians). Apart from that, novelty artificial scarcity might also produce interest. Albeit I'm not exactly sure it'd be jobs by then.

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Archivists of physical records, depending on the organization they're often called upon to process nonstandardized and physically delicate materials.

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A traditional therapist could have their files hacked from the computer or office broken into? Not to mention a traditional therapist could be bribed or influenced on how they dole out treatment for a certain patient.

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