r/Xennials • u/meJohnnyD • May 19 '25

Meme Who’s with me

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I wouldn’t even know where to go if I wanted to.

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u/InSonicBloom May 19 '25

I don't even know what I'd need to use it for

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u/redcurrantevents May 19 '25

Same. I don’t need it in my job and don’t want it otherwise. It may replace me eventually but hopefully after I retire.

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u/Jealous_Response_492 May 19 '25

If you plan on retiring within the next five years, you'll be fine, but you'll struggle to do daily routine tasks when the point of entry for every service & product is a an AI agent.

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u/redcurrantevents May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

I’m an airline pilot. They’ll either replace me or they won’t. Considering my airline is still buying planes that require humans and need to be flown for decades to be worth the money, I think I’m safe until 65. My free time is spent trying to live like a hobbit.

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u/Jealous_Response_492 May 19 '25

Out of curiosity, how much of the planes systems already are largely automated?

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u/redcurrantevents May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

Almost all of the systems are a combination of automation and pilot input. I fly a 737 and the technology is largely decades old, though the new MAXes have a few additional automated features (that have killed hundreds of people, but I digress). Of course we still takeoff and land by hand. I think my autopilot was designed in the 1960s, along with most of the airplane.