There's a #### load of bliss to be derived from a lucrative career though
I've had similar conversations with other parents in our peer group and when it comes to future-proofing career paths, if I had to distill everyone's opinion down to one thing, it would be to follow something that is generally relationship-based.
The theory is that as AI takes a bigger and bigger role in people lives, there will be a missing component of human interaction that leaves people wanting. So maybe your child uses AI to conduct 80% of their tasks, but it's that remaining 20% that can be conducted on a personal level that will keep careers viable going forward.
Teachers can have individualized lesson plans catered to each student, but the student still responds better to teacher-pupil interaction.
Doctors can use AI tools to help with diagnosis and screen for conflicts in treatment options, but sick people will still want the warmth of another person to present the information.
Lawyers will have AI draft agreements, but will still need to negotiate finer points directly in difficult deals.
Salespeople can use AI to identify the best solution for their customers, but the customer will still want to be
taken to the strippers entertained - before making a purchasing decision
I'm basically in sales, so this all sounds reaonable to me, but who knows what the future will bring.
And yes, obviously this is less applicable to the introverts and I'm not sure what the answer is there.