[jjmarr]

It didn't; there are still many roles for skilled assembly programmers in performance-critical or embedded systems. It's just their market share in the overall world of programming has decreased due to high-level programming languages; although better technology has increased the size of the market that might have demands for assembly.

[bugbuddy]

I am not skilled in these areas so I am very scared. I am going to go back to school to get a nursing degree because it is guaranteed to not be disrupted by the disrupters like now where the disrupters are disrupting themselves. Despite the personal risks of a healthcare job, it will bring me so much more peace of mind.

[wyclif]

I'm afraid it's naive to think that nursing is not going to get disrupted by AI. Seems like robotics is going to massively impact medical caregiving in the near future.

[grugagag]

> robotics is going to massively impact medical caregiving in the near future

Not in the near near future. Do you know anything about nursing? The field will require some hard changes for robots to replace nurses, and the robots will need licenses

[xnx]

Even without robotics, many jobs like nursing (or construction) that require training will be able to be accomplished with much less training + a live computer coach that can give context-specific directions.

[bugbuddy]

This is how we get to Idiocracy. Everyone is now relying on AI and become stupid because of it.

[xnx]

Definitely a risk. There's also an upside to having a 1-on-1 tutor with limitless patience and knowledge.