If your job is likely to get taken over by AI in the not too distant future, do you have a back up plan?

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Just that really. Time to find plan B.

I'm in my 50s and work in publishing. I would advise against my career for a young person but I am hoping I can limp along for a few more years. My area is niche, AI would be able to a lot of my work but not all of it.
(I'm here mainly to hear about other people's plan Bs)

Watching with interest, as I'm keen to understand what jobs will be taken by AI and what are the plan Bs.

Early retirement, possibly to a cheaper SE Asian country.
More worried about DC.

Not entirely sure how we'll be affected in my industry. But I'd probably go back into the manufacturering/supply base where its more hands on, and be grateful there's no longer a school to uni pathway since they got rid of the relevant A level. That should balance demand for jobs even if I had to step back.

Also saving hard for early retirement even in my 30s, and have a couple of side hussles.

No , but with falling birth rate and not many people needing childcare i suppose my job wont exists soon too.

I worry for Dd more than me, she’s a junior architect. Just gone back to uni to do her Masters to get fully qualified and junior architect jobs are supposedly now being done by AI already.

Im a university lecturer, I think AI will take over part of my role but not all of it. Not in the next ten years anyway so I’m hoping I can make retirement.

It's terrifying, isn't it? Not everyone is suited to being a plumber or electrician or care worker.

I come from a long line of vicars. I don’t think anyone will want a robot to conduct their weddings and funerals any time soon.

Do I have a back up plan? No. When computers were invented everyone thought they'd get made redundant, but that didn't happen. Jobs changed, but there was no mass unemployment just because of computers.
It'll be the same with AI

Another one on here to see what options people think are "safe" for their DC. It's almost impossible to come up with an area that won't be affected and as we know graduates aren't getting jobs, it is important to spend wisely at University given it's one of the biggest debts they will have.

My job is being taken over by AI, I dont have a plan B but its an entry level job and in 4 years I won't need to do the school run anymore so it opens my options up a bit more

In a scenario where AI wipes out loads of jobs, those industries wouldn’t be safe anyway. Even just as a secondary effect, more people will move into those industries, driving wages down. Plus if lots of people do lose their jobs, people will only call out a plumber for emergencies, because they won’t have money to redo their bathroom or whatever other non-essential thing they might have previously called a plumber for.

A trade, I guess, but neither of my kids are suited to a trade.

That has to be one of the few silver linings - being able to find a builder or plumber who will turn up at least.

@CloakedInGucci you are right. No one will be able to afford a plumber.
Guess we have to hope for UBI.

I work in AI and software, where many jobs are taken over but new jobs are being created. Not worried.

I’ve just applied for a lvl 3 AI apprenticeship to do alongside my job, so I’m hoping to make myself a bit more employable if I do want to get out my substantive role/get ahead of the game.

I'm a marketing manager and copywriter so much of what I do is creative. Material produced by AI so far is easily spotted, inaccurate and lacking in humour or cultural relevance, so I don't feel an imminent threat. I can retire soon so if it ever progresses, I can step back quietly.

To reassure people, when PCs were introduced (1981/2) we were all told we'd all be on a three day week and have far more leisure time. Some jobs disappeared, mostly typists and filing clerks, but they were replaced by data entry jobs. Forty five years later I'm still working flat out.

So I wouldn't worry too much

Same here. My Linkedin feed is utterly depressing at the moment - endless freelancers desperately looking for work. And the last two projects I've been offered have worked out at about £6 an hour. No thanks.
I'm still hoping to limp along to retirement. My plan B would be nannying, maybe, but I can't travel far because of a complicated dog, and I don't think there's much demand in my local area. Online teaching in my niche is getting worse and worse pay, often well below minimum wage once you've factored in the planning. Think I may end up doing home visits to the elderly. Writing my novel will have to wait until after I've retired.

I work for a global consultancy. Massive skills and resource shortage forecast for coming years, AI will fill some of that hole but not all. DH works in AI so again relatively safe for now. So no back up plan as such, but saving and investing as much as we can for the future, and hopefully will be able to provide enough that our DCs will have house deposits and can also be subsidised by us if they struggle with jobs when they’re working age.

I work in the public sector in a people facing role. I think/hope AI can have a positive effect on my job in some ways. It will remove a lot of the generic reporting element and hopefully facilitate more individual centred time. Who knows though.

My DH is currently developing bespoke AI models for businesses so is in a good position currently.

From a university perspective, I hope we move away from a very specific skills based environment and start to value a more balanced approach where the value is on learning to learn - critical thinking skills, research etc.

In terms of wiping out those entry level jobs (eg architecture and many others) companies need to be thinking about their longevity and supporting training over AI use.

I work in AI and have worked in tech for about 20 years. Jobs are vastly different from when I started. I think the ability to learn quickly, not get anxious over change and being able to communicate with different people on different levels will be far more valuable than following a particular career path.

DH and I have talked about this. We’re both in our early fifties and we’re pretty sure that our jobs have the potential to be taken over by AI one day but not for a while. We’re looking to retire within 5-8 years so, as long as it doesn’t happen before then we’ll be ok 👌

I’ve just been to a session for farmers today on AI. It was sold to us as a way to find out how we can use AI on farm to reduce cost and improve profitability.

I’ve come away thinking it’s like the Emperors new clothes - can’t see in its present form how it can help me at all.