Archive for November 24, 2024
How to get hired as a creative in the AI economy
Photo by Ernie Journeys on Unsplash It’s a travesty. Visit LinkedIn or Twitter today and you’ll see countless numbers of folks who have been looking for work for months if not years. There are posts pleading for help to pay bills, make next month’s rent, and buy medicine. People are sending out resume after resume while getting nothing in return. Are jobs not available? No. There are 7.4 million open jobs in the U.S., less in Europe, but definitely not a squeeze. Is the economy bad? No (but it soon will be). Are these jobs staying open? No, they seem to disappear as expected. The real issue lies elsewhere: offshoring and AI. Quietly but steadily, companies are replacing human workers with automation and outsourcing. AI radio hosts, automated local news articles, and robot-operated call centers are just the beginning.
But the most disruptive changes are on the horizon. CEOs are starting to explore AI-driven leadership roles like AI-powered Chief Marketing Officers or AI development teams. David Stepania highlights the trends: Here's what [recruiters] are seeing in the market: In fact, I suspect we’ll all see an announcement from some random startup - probably Israeli, given the glee with they’re taking on even measly book publishing with one startup proposing to produce 8,000 AI-written books a year - that they’ve actively replaced a team of forty devs, creatives, or the like. These claims will be false, obviously - the resulting morass of hallucinations and bug squashing will require new, mid-level hires to enter the fray - but they will be cogent and frightening. So that’s the bottom line: you can’t get hired because the robots are out to get you. Here’s how to protect yourself... Continue reading this post for free in the Substack app
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Startup Show: This company builds a little device that can keep your kids safe from guns
Startup Show: This company builds a little device that can keep your kids safe from guns
The Kini is a motion sensor for important stuff.
In today's world, safeguarding personal belongings and ensuring home security are top priorities. Traditional security systems often come with high costs and complex setups. Kinisium offers a straightforward solution with their Kini Wireless Motion Sensor.
In this episode of the Startup Show I talk to Mahboud Zabetian, co-founder of the company. He built the device and bootstrapped the startup in an effort to help keep kids safe...
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