I was listening to a podcast recently on a topic I thought I would never ever listen to:
“Asking for a friend… which jobs are safe from AI?”
The reason I thought I would never ever listen to this is that I’m sure nobody knows anything when it comes to the real impact of AI, and so I figured the entire podcast would be bunk.
Fortunately, I went against my sureness. I listened anyways, and I was enlightened.
According to the podcast, the answer to “Which jobs are safe from AI” is:
1. Nobody knows
2. That doesn’t mean we cannot look closer and think about this issue in more detail and maybe draw some new and useful distinctions
For example:
One thing I heard in this podcast was about an internal company study.
Some company, presumably a law firm, took two separate offices and the paralegals working within those offices.
In one office, they instructed the paralegals to “use AI to become more productive.”
In the other office, they instructed the paralegals to “use AI to do the parts of your job that you hate.”
Result:
The first office, the “more productive” office, really got nothing out of AI.
The second office, the “parts of your job that you hate” office, flourished. They beavered away until they got AI to replace many things they hated doing. As a result, the paralegal role in that office changed into something more like junior attorney work.
These workers were by definition happier, by eliminating things from their work that they hate and spending more time doing things they are neutral on or even enjoy.
That’s why I say if you use AI where it really shines — to do the things you hate — you are guaranteed to love it.
On that note:
Starting tomorrow, and ending this Thursday, I will be promoting Gasper Crepinsek’s ChatGPT Mastery, a 30-day, email-delivered course that teaches you how to use AI to eliminate the parts of your job that you hate.
I will have a bonus as part of this promo, which has nothing to do with AI, but which in my mind is complementary to Gasper’s offer, in ways that I will talk about starting tomorrow.
This bonus is equal in real-world value to the price that Gasper is asking for ChatGPT Mastery. (Of course, if you bought ChatGPT Mastery the first time I promoted it, earlier this year, you will also be able to get this bonus.)
I am also thinking to create one or two more bonuses for this promotion.
I have my own ideas on bonuses to create, but often, the best ideas come from my readers and customers.
So if you are considering getting ChatGPT Mastery, or have already gotten it, then hit reply.
Tell me about problems in your life, tell me about things you hate doing but have to do, or simply tell me what I know that you have always wanted to know.
No promises, except I promise that I will read and consider all replies for the bonuses I create as part of my promo this week.