One of the more foreboding discussions around Generative AI (GenAI) is around the disruption, or displacement, of jobs. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading People in the media and advertising space have expressed concerns, but these may be overblown: I don't foresee an instance in which GenAI is busting open the Eddie Obeid scandal or doing a -esque podcast anytime soon. And one can quickly spot a ChatGPT-written piece (ever noticed they always start with "in today's fast-changing landscape", or something to that effect?) or a Dall-E drawn image a mile off.
That may change, but for now the status quo is OK. However, there will be disruption if not complete displacement of some roles or responsibilities in the future, and many of us will have to adjust. So I took a look at the most in-demand courses across Australia, according to the University Admissions Centre, and how GenAI - or AI more generally - might impact those students' future.
Instinctively, one would think doctors, surgeons and those studying and applying medicine would be immune; it's among the hardest degrees to undertake, reserved for the highest ATARs in the country. But this is one of the disciplines most ripe for disruption from AI. Yes, AI could help with education - doctors need to stay up-to-date with medical research and often read journals weekly or monthly depending on the profession, and AI could shorten the required reading by multitudes.
But in theory AI can do some of a doctor's actual j.