u/michaelnovati posted ·
A controversial example of why I think AI will create new engineering jobs not take them away...
This is a interesting product and (while not mentioned) also shows how AI will create engineering jobs over the next few years.
Putting aside the fact that this product is both creepy and unsettling and might be very unsettling for some people (I'm sharing this based on the technology and not based on the actual use case specifically) - it's showing how a job traditionally done by humans is being enhanced and "replaced" by AI, but also creating the need for a fleet of engineers and product people to support this product.
In this case, certain police officers's jobs are being replaced/augmented but more engineers are needed to build this really world system. For example, integrating it into "any camera system", creating interfaces to communicate across different police departments, creating secure tools that people can use to catch criminals. The next decade of AI will be cases like this. Where AI tools will replace many jobs and enable new possibilities and engineers will be there alongside building those tools.
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/07/17/license-plate-reader-ai-criminal/?sh=481283de3ccc](https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/07/17/license-plate-reader-ai-criminal/?sh=481283de3ccc)