Raw LLM Responses

I predict the IT field will change into the "practical AI" field. IT is not about writing code or even about building applications, it's about solving business problems with computers. Low code/no code solutions are still IT, even though you do little to no actual programming. And as AI makes its way into every company and every workflow, there will be a *lot* of business problems getting solved with computers. An enterprise AI is much like the science fiction idea of what a mainframe used to be: business data goes in, answers come out. This is a dramatic change compared to how businesses operate right now, so there will be a lot of demand for the data management/change management/business consulting side of things during the transition. This is the new growth market as the market for manually written code disappears. In the medium-long term (5 years), I expect businesses to run with a lot less IT personnel than they currently do and rely mostly on consultants, but on the other hand, micro-enterprises will be a lot easier to get off the ground. Everyone may become an entrepreneur in the future, with salaried work transforming into consulting/gig work and being what you do to keep the lights on between enterprises. The idea of a job as something you hold until you quit may disappear as most of the working class joins the gig economy. In the end, I think IT will be hard hit but will have an easier time finding new opportunities, much like teachers, and unlike doctors and pilots who train for years to do one thing and have no escape route when an AI does it better.