AI and jobs

It seems we are facing a new industrial revolution around the world. Many of the tasks done by humans can be done faster and better by machines running AI.  Jobs we traditionally thought only humans could do are being replaced.

This is a two-edged sword. Boring repetitive work will go. Also, many skilled jobs will go. 

The good side is many people can be employed more usefully. The bad side is many traditional jobs will go and bad actors could use AI for malicious means.

In my view, these things are here to stay and we have to adapt.

The safest jobs will be those that cannot be done by machines i.e. those that need real human interaction.

Many of the jobs that seemed "good" when I was young may not be the jobs to look for in the future.

Fancy a job? - NOT amateur radio

It is now nearly 15 years that I have been retired. Local companies are still looking for good RF engineers. At my age and with my poor voice, I think I shall just stick to amateur radio and the odd article writing!

ULF/ELF/VLF radio technician job vacancy

If you fancy a job engineering radio instrumentation below 10kHz here is your chance. Armargh is in Northern Ireland, which is a truly beautiful part of the British Isles.

A research-technician-grade position is available at the Armagh Observatory funded by the EuroPlanet Research Infrastructure (RI) under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union (EU). Salary will be in the range £18,486 - £29,719 per annum, the exact figure depending on individual experience.
The primary aim of the project is the construction of a working instrument prototype able to (a) record and store, in digital form, electromagnetic (EM) radiation signals in the ULF/ELF/VLF frequency range (3Hz-30kHz) (b) pick up naturally-occurring radiation while screening/filtering out manmade interference in this frequency range (c) be optimised for the high-quality reception of radiation thought to originate from meteors in the Earth's upper atmosphere. In addition, the equipment should be capable of operating in the field and at remote sites with a high degree of autonomy.

 See http://star.arm.ac.uk/jobs/2010/vlf_job_announcement.html