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This AI company wants you to stop hiring humans

This AI company wants you to stop hiring humans

December 31, 2024

🎄 Merry Christmas everyone! May your holidays be filled with love, laughter, and joy. Here’s what you need to know about AI in the last day of 2024:

👉 Stop hiring humans, says an AI company

👉 AI is already impacting many jobs

👉 ByteDance, has plans to invest $7 billion in AI

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Artisan AI
Stop hiring humans!

Source: Glass Almanac

What’s going on: A company called Artisan AI is causing controversy in San Francisco with a series of bold billboards. These ads are promoting their AI product, called "Ava." The billboards tell companies to "Stop hiring humans" and "Hire Ava, the AI representative." Ava is designed to handle tasks like customer service and sales calls, just like a human employee, but without the need for breaks, vacations, or even a "work-life balance." Artisan AI claims that businesses can save up to 96% by replacing human workers with their AI.

What does it mean: These billboards are more than just an advertisement; they're a wake-up call about how AI is changing the world of work. The ads are making people think about the future: Will AI take away jobs from humans? Can computers really do everything people can do? Many people are worried that as AI gets smarter, it might replace humans in many jobs, from artists and writers to customer service representatives and even doctors.

More details: The billboards have sparked a lot of discussion. Some people find the ads funny, like a joke. Others are really uncomfortable with the idea of a world where AI replaces humans. The CEO of Artisan AI says this is the next step in how we do business, just like when we moved from using horses to using machines in factories.

AI & JOBS
AI is already impacting jobs, but where and how?

Source: Grok | AI-generated

What’s going on: According to an analysis by ZoomInfo’s research team, AI has already impacted many jobs. But surprisingly in a positive way. Since 2022, there has been a dramatic 200% surge in AI-related job titles across industries. One of the areas where AI heavily influenced were leadership roles. There are many new jobs for people who will be in charge of how AI is used within a company. This shows that companies are really starting to use AI in many different ways.

What does it mean: This is a big deal because it means that AI is changing how businesses work. Companies are investing a lot of money in AI and the people who know how to use it. This creates many new job opportunities, especially for people with skills in 4 main areas like:

Engineering roles (53,483 new roles)
Researcher roles (8332)
Scientist roles (6391)
Developer + Specialist roles (6492)

More details:

Generative AI titles increased (250 times) in the past two years, although they currently represent only 3% of all AI job titles.
3,700 new AI-related leadership roles were introduced in Q2 2022
10,875 new AI-related leadership roles were introduced in Q2 2024
C-suite AI roles increased by 428%
VP AI titles increased by 199%
AI Director roles increased by 197%
AI Manager roles increased by 174%

📱 Meta is trying to create semi-independent AI avatars (users) capable of generating and sharing content, with the hope that they will engage the crucial younger demographic for Instagram and Facebook.

💰 ByteDance, TikTok parent company, plans to spend $7 billion on the AI chips in 2025. If ByteDance invests as promised, it will become one of the world’s top owners of Nvidia chips.

🖥 Nvidia has finally bought Run:ai, an Israeli startup that helps manage and optimize AI hardware infrastructure. The price tag was $700 million. Run:ai has promised to open-source their software, so Nvidia competitors like AMD and Intel can also use their technology.

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Creating a dummy dataset for analysis

For anyone trying to start a career in data, one of the hurdles they may encounter initially is finding relevant datasets. Fortunately, there is likely more data available now than there was a decade ago. Platforms like Kaggle provide excellent resources for data analysts to enhance their skills. But sometimes, you need access to very specific types of data or structures of data, which may not always be on the internet. That’s when you can easily use a prompt like below to generate a dataset with specific data points as you wish:

Generate a synthetic eCommerce sales dataset for a small business selling smartphone cases online. The dataset should include these columns:

Order ID (unique identifier for each order)

Order Date

Product ID

Product Category (e.g., 'Silicone', 'Leather', 'Hybrid')

Product Brand (e.g., 'OtterBox', 'Spigen', 'Caseology')

Customer ID (unique identifier for each customer)

Order Value (total amount of the order)

Shipping Method (e.g., 'Standard', 'Express')

Customer Location (City, State)

Payment Method (e.g., 'Credit Card', 'PayPal')

Customer Age Group (optional)