IBM is tripling the number of Gen Z entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption

[Amishman]

8. As someone who works in software development, you should be scared.

coding and analysis tasks that were completely impossible for AI two years ago are suddenly doable using AI with some handholding and verification.

Tasks that were a stretch two years ago are easy today.

The releases earlier this month of the newest versions of Claude and ChatGPT are massive leaps from where they were previously. I'm flat out rattled, and trying to come up with contingency plans if / when my job not only goes away, but the entire white collar labor market is imploded. I've been forced to completely reevaluate how far I think AI job loss can go and how quickly it might happen.

This is absolutely getting scary what the cutting edge AI tools can do.

It's not just tech jobs. Accounting, finance, general administration, marketing - just about any job with a standard common tasks or basic analysis done on a computer - you are in serious trouble in the next two years. These latest advances have firmly changed my mind to when - not if - it's happening. The only factor that might slow it down is the cost and effort of setup and implementation (integrating AI tools with a company's existing processes and data).