Will AI take your job?

I upload my annual ECG results into ChatGPT and have it compare the readings for me. It gives far more detail and explanation than the simple ‘NSR’ note I usually get from the cardiologist. So for me, it’s a really useful tool for understanding the charts.

Job losses are a "modern horror".

Used it this week to generate some code for a side project, the code didn't work but I was able to fix it. Probably would taken a few days without AI but took a few hours instead. It's not that it replaced anyone. It's just something we probably would have never got to.

Also used it to generate some detailed documentation. I probably wouldn't have bothered without AI.

That sounds more like people looking down at people in tech jobs.

Considering you can't get a tradesmen never mind a reliable one. Feels like tradesmen don't want to be tradesmen.

Anyone who doesn't fact check sources be they a media article newspaper, internet search or AI search. (Or link dumping) has themselves to blame.

AI isn't really coming for our jobs, it is coming for the parts of our jobs that are repetitive and easy. The real threat is not the bot, but the person who masters prompt engineering and knows how to use the bot to output 5x the work you do.

400 Irish jobs at Covalen likely gone- this part of the article got me -it’s usual for tech firms to pay a decent redundancy - times are changing -poor sods, and just weeks before Christmas - I hope they can get other work soon

“Covalen has already informed impacted employees that it will not be paying them in excess of the statutory redundancy payment they are required to pay in Ireland, despite the number of years they may have been working for the firm.”

https://www.thejournal.ie/meta-job-losses-6887604-Nov2025/

Oh indeed- that’s just some red tape they have to go through as per Irish legislation - I’ve seen it many times myself- it’s where HR pretend to do everything possible to “help” you and once the 30 days end, you get the curt “bye now” email - that’s if you still have access to your laptop or office.

Jobs go- and with AI we’re going to see more of this no less companies moving from Ireland to elsewhere over time- but it’s the lack of proper redundancy package that I’d say will really make the staff sick

OK hows this for an assessment of a cooking oil burn and treatment.

“That looks like a superficial partial-thickness (first- to mild second-degree) burn, most likely from splattered hot oil.

Here’s what’s visible:

• Peeling/flaking skin: the top layer (epidermis) has been damaged and is now sloughing off.
• Pink to red skin underneath: indicates some healing and blood flow in the deeper layer.
• No open blister fluid or black/white areas: good sign that it’s not deep.

What This Means

• The burn likely affected only the outer skin layers.
• It should heal within 7–10 days if kept clean and protected.
• The main risk now is infection while the new skin forms.

What to Do Now

1. Clean gently: Rinse once or twice daily with mild soap and cool (not cold) water.
2. Apply a burn ointment: Silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene) or aloe-vera–based gel works well. If you don’t have that, an antibiotic ointment (e.g., bacitracin) is fine.
3. Cover lightly: Use a sterile non-stick dressing or gauze pad to protect from friction. Change daily.
4. Pain/itch: Ibuprofen or paracetamol as needed. Avoid scratching as it heals.
5. Moisturize once healed: When new skin forms, apply unscented lotion to reduce dryness and scarring.

When to Get Medical Help

See a doctor today or tomorrow if:

• You notice spreading redness, swelling, pus, or warmth → possible infection.
• The area becomes increasingly painful or you develop fever.
• The burn involves your wrist joint mobility, covers more than ~3 cm in diameter, or forms large intact blisters.”

Followed it up with daily photos for the last two weeks and excellent results :)

The older staff are generally more experienced more qualifications with expensive benefits accrued over time. Thus more expensive wage bill than someone younger. Someone younger will work stupid hours and put with poor treatment. Until they learn not too. Then the cycle repeats.

So a fire and hire reduces the wage bill.

But that is more or less saying the same thing. AI is not directly coming for our jobs but rather indirectly coming for our jobs via some humans prompting AIs to do our work.

That is not a good thing.

The media have gone to the dogs; it could be any random building they picked up off the internet.

You could always take the poison challenge and become a project manager, be the one implementing the AI projects, simultaneously telling people it's going to enhance their work, blabla, standing meeting, and at the same time working out how to get rid of a few of them.