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These Jobs Include Room and Board
The average weekly income for Americans this year is about $1,165, or approximately $60,580 annually. That’s not a lot, especially when you consider the fact that the average rent is now $1,748 (about $21,000 per year) and the minimum recommended grocery budget is about $421 per month (about $5,052 annually). Just like that, more than a third of your gross…
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GenAI is affecting jobs previously thought safe from automation – Computerworld
According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), generative AI (genAI) will soon affect work areas previously considered to have a low likelihood of automation, according to The Register. Automation in the past mainly affected industrial jobs in rural areas. GenAI, on the other hand, can be used for non-routine cognitive tasks, which is expected to…
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Two-thirds of leaders feel Gen AI will reshape entry-level jobs – Computerworld
Generative AI is on track to transform entry-level roles across industries, with 64% of leaders expecting these positions to evolve from creation to review and refinement of outputs within the next three years. The percentage of managers holding a similar view stood at 71%, according to new research from the Capgemini Research Institute. The findings suggest the traditional model of…
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Will genAI kill the help desk and other IT jobs? – Computerworld
Organizations are using AI to automate a wide range of business process, including paying suppliers, invoicing, procurement, financial reporting, and optimizing facilities utilization, according to Duke University finance professor John Graham, academic director of the survey. “This is on top of companies using ChatGPT to generate creative ideas and to draft job descriptions, contracts, marketing plans, and press releases,” Graham…
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How many jobs are available in technology in the US? – Computerworld
The unemployment rate for tech occupations inched up to 3.4% in August from 3.2% in July, according to analysis of today’s US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report by tech industry group CompTIA. Overall, the US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, indicating a cooling of the job market, while the national unemployment rate changed slightly, ticking down from 4.3% in…
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Steve Jobs’ decades-old vision of a chatbot bears some resemblance to modern generative AI tools
Steve Jobs made grand predictions of computing that appeared to predict the modern generative AI revolution over 40 years ago – or at least he made an educated guess on how human-computer interaction would evolve. Taking to the stage in 1983 for the International Design Conference, newly-released footage from the Steve Jobs Archive shows a fresh-faced Jobs sharing his vision…
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