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We must accept AI and adapt
It's not AI that gets to me, it's people with phobias about AI that will eventually send me round the bend.
Get into any deep conversation with people and you know that eventually, the brow will furrow, the voice quaver and almost reverently they will say: "What about this AI, ai?" or perhaps in the Black Country. "Oim worried about AI aye I."
It really gets up my nose as the main point seems to be "I'll lose my job." To which I reply "Fear not, you won't have a job to lose with another four years of Labour."
As far as I'm concerned, it will happen, humans will adapt as we always have and the race will advance even faster than in previous eons. Ok, thank goodness I won't be around, but preparations should be in place rather than constant bleating. I see AI as no different to global warming. Both will happen, ride with it and prepare for it.
As to job loss fear, concerns about jobs being obsolete, and uncertainty creates an aversion to reframe AI as an empowering tool, not a threat.
Debunk top myths – AI augments rather than replaces jobs, and transparency will help to build trust.
