What might be some of the top choices for universities twenty years from now

Why can't a sentient program do computer science and engineering better than a human? And not just better but way way way better.

These fields will be obsolete too and sooner than you'd think.

 

I'm interested in the economic impact of human internet trolls becoming obsolete by internet trolling bots. What will these humans do once they've been relegated to irrelevancy on the internet? Get a second job (or a first job)? Join a gym? Read a book? It's fascinating to me because they're are innumerable ways in which they could improve themselves, but it's hard to imagine how they could become shittier than they already are (unless they become violent criminals or something).

So I think this is one way AI/robotics/automation can improve our economy overall for everyday folk.

 

Berkeley or Evergreen would top my list.

 

Perhaps less popular, but I don't see how any of those 3 disciplines becomes obsolete.

 

Trump is going to bring back coal so in 20 years we won't need college anymore.

 

MMOs in the last 20 years have been about people grinding repetitive tasks in order to have their digital avatar look better than the real world.

With AIs getting better at farming tasks, it will be digital assistants that perform every waking decision and nudge people to do things with events.

Instead of me typing this up, I'll have even better choices for a better response.
A) Cool B) Informative C) Snarky D) Trolly E) Lowbrow Youtube

One future is for civilization to regress into some hippy Waldenesque co-existence where robots do all the heavy lifting and people live a simpler rural life, but I think most of us are opting into an arms race against AI and the status of our neighbors. Seems kind of pointless if the end state turns into one of those sims.

 

There would be less demand for retail pharmacists, but pharmacy is still needed in other parts of the value chain, like for drug development, drug manufacture, QA, etc.

 

Great teachers > expert system tutoring
... but soon ....
Expert system tutoring > > meh teachers

 

I don't see Pharmacies eliminating pharmacists. In practical terms, Pharmacists might become guys who manage the computer systems doing all the work, but people like to have a human boss they can blame when crap goes wrong. Pharmacies might not hire any more than a single pharmacist, but I bet they keep someone around to blame all the problems on. They'll also ending up doing all the work contacting doctor's offices, dealing with upset customers, etc. People like to get service from people.

It's the low skill "pharmacy techs" that will be totally eliminated.

One of the places where a machine can't replace people, in fact, is in high end service. McDonalds might get robo-waiters, but 4 star Michelin restaurants will always have some shlub waiting on you so you can feel superior.

 

People will be cool as long as the AI is smart enough to put a figurehead in place.

 

I don't see this happening in my lifetime.

 

Well one thing we all should know: the trend of online classes is absolutely wretched. I've taught them and taken them, and online courses are absolute **** compared to face to face.

 

Pharmacy still has a human interactive aspect

Part of their actual job is explaining how medicine should be taken as well as side effects