AI is very good at standard and well defined problems but much less so with complex and vague. For example, currently available models cannot write or even port a full-feature compiler of a mature language without very custom tweaking and direct supervision. Even with multiple agents, it still remains just a tool, though quite powerful. As you already know physics and programming, data science can be a natural alternative that requires both skills. From my experience, many problems there are vague and most of the job is to actually make a proper representative dataset and translate vague requirements to something well defined. AI helps with the actual implementation, the other part remains mostly human.
There is no place to hide from AI, whenever big giants discover the untouched area they will start working on it, so either join startup and get job security for at least 2-3 years depending on your dependency over a project or be an entrepreneur yourself.
I would recommend instead of escaping try embracing and do some extra work apart from you regular chores and present that also to the management i have built this or that using AI. We cannot party on weekends anymore it is a technological shift we must keep the momentum for at least 2 years from now to be in the game otherwise the layoffs are on their way.
The more you fear, the more you lose. The more you practice, the more you gain
In my humble human opinion everything digital has been or shortly will be conquered by AI.
You can either embrace it, learn to how to use and deploy AI or try to find a way out into the real world, until robotics will inevitably catch you in several years, for some professions with manual aspect you could have maybe decades of time.
20exp SWE here, I've doubled down effort and focus on my communication and people skills. First helps with prompts, but both make a difference when I pickup a phone and my side-project client is delighted they are not talking with a bot and their problems can be addressed by myself.
AI is just another tool in my toolset to help people.
AI is very good at standard and well defined problems but much less so with complex and vague. For example, currently available models cannot write or even port a full-feature compiler of a mature language without very custom tweaking and direct supervision. Even with multiple agents, it still remains just a tool, though quite powerful. As you already know physics and programming, data science can be a natural alternative that requires both skills. From my experience, many problems there are vague and most of the job is to actually make a proper representative dataset and translate vague requirements to something well defined. AI helps with the actual implementation, the other part remains mostly human.
There is no place to hide from AI, whenever big giants discover the untouched area they will start working on it, so either join startup and get job security for at least 2-3 years depending on your dependency over a project or be an entrepreneur yourself. I would recommend instead of escaping try embracing and do some extra work apart from you regular chores and present that also to the management i have built this or that using AI. We cannot party on weekends anymore it is a technological shift we must keep the momentum for at least 2 years from now to be in the game otherwise the layoffs are on their way. The more you fear, the more you lose. The more you practice, the more you gain
In my humble human opinion everything digital has been or shortly will be conquered by AI.
You can either embrace it, learn to how to use and deploy AI or try to find a way out into the real world, until robotics will inevitably catch you in several years, for some professions with manual aspect you could have maybe decades of time.
Kernel Hacking. Human judgement here is still required and irreplaceable. For fast employment - Non Destructive Testing.
Keep studying physics, though. Go up to modern Solid State physics for a possibility of entering industries that revolve around chip production.
20exp SWE here, I've doubled down effort and focus on my communication and people skills. First helps with prompts, but both make a difference when I pickup a phone and my side-project client is delighted they are not talking with a bot and their problems can be addressed by myself. AI is just another tool in my toolset to help people.