“Why am I still studying at all?”

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“Write me a live introduction to my column on how Gen Z deals with AI,” I type into the AI ​​ChatGPT input box. She types and spits out a paragraph for me. It is neither useful nor truly alive. I breathe a sigh of relief: it means that my column will not be replaced by a chatbot in the near future.

However, the thing turns out to be more suitable for everyday use than originally thought. When I first wrote about ChatGPT, these little digital helpers were new territory. Someone played with it and wondered what all these instruments entail.

Well, six months later, I still don’t know, but at least I’m using artificial intelligence for something more useful than writing a cream cheese poem from Mickey Mouse’s point of view. If you don’t have time to read an article for a university, you can use ChatGPT to summarize it. Others describe the instrument as a very patient mentor who can be asked about anything without rolling their eyes for the seventh time. You’ve even heard of people who have successfully used it to cheat on online exams.

Of course, AI also uses a lot of data, and it’s actually always worth double-checking the information provided. However, she seems to have the skills to do the tedious part of the hard work for you.

But the initial euphoria about this quickly passes. Why am I still studying at all? AI will surely soon be so well developed that it can take over my potential job without error – without demanding a cent of wages!

The fear of losing a job due to digitalization is ancient, and yet the loud voices on the Internet are unnerving me. They predict that in five years the world will turn inside out, and the development of AI will be comparable to the printing press. Especially when you are just about to enter the labor market, such forecasts cause fear. Is my training in vain if completely different activities are soon in demand?

There is no immediate solution to these feelings, we just have to wait and see. My generation may have to go back to school at 35 to retrain. Maybe in 15 years we will all live on an unconditional basic income and realize ourselves, maybe nothing will change at all. And maybe I will still write columns about my environment – but this is the best answer for you: would you read this text if it was written by AI?

Noah Dibbasey (22) studies social sciences in Bern but is considering investing in AI stocks and moving to a desert island due to an uncertain future.

Source: Blick