Testing the Hypothesis, Part 2

Interview 1: This interview was with a 26 year old male. He works at a boat factory and is probably pretty safe with his job, considering his dad owns the company. He expressed that he believes plenty of people fall just outside the boundary because artificial intelligence can't possibly replace all of blue collar workers. That would just be bad for the economy. He believes this problem starts to differ at the point when jobs require more advanced human decision making. So even though my opportunity is meant to affect blue collar workers, some shouldn't have the problem of being replaced by artificial intelligence. He believes this is just simply because humans are needed for certain decisions and are vital to a successful business.

Interview 2: This was with a 23 year old male that works in air conditioning. He is a blue collar worker, but he says he lays outside the boundary because we can't possibly have machines going around and diagnosing and fixing problems with air conditioners any time soon. He believes what we offer isn't quite for him, and that a simple vocational school would be sufficient. This is because, he just needs training in one field not training in how to adapt to changing fields.

Interview 3: My third interview was with a 22 year old male who has a college degree, but is not yet employed. He thinks that he does not share the need that I have identified because he is planning on using his degree to find a job, even though he is currently unemployed. His need differs just because he needs to continue searching, but admits that my idea could help him prepare for getting into certain career fields if need be. This is just because he believes my opportunity is more suited for people who have not had any other previous higher education.

Interview 4: This interview was with a 54 year old man who also works in air conditioning. He says that even though he works in a blue collar field, his over 30 years of experience makes him too invaluable. He does not believe his job will be in jeopardy any time soon. He doesn't think the problem affects those that bring wisdom and experience to the table because those assets are not easily replaced.

Interview 5: My last interview was with a 23 year old female, who is not yet employed. She doesn't feel affected by this problem yet because she doesn't think technology could replace her in many jobs that she would do. But she does say that she can see how this might change in the coming years. She believes this isn't quite her problem because she doesn't see her doing the blue collar type work that could be replaced by artificial intelligence.

	Inside the boundary	Outside the boundary
Who	Blue collar workers who have jobs that can be done by artificial intelligence	Blue collar workers who can’t be replaced, white collar worker, unemployed people, workers, children
What	New skills that include how to adapt to changing career fields and how to become more irreplaceable	The need is not just learning technical skills at a vocational school
Why	It is predicted that over a million jobs will be lost due to the increasing use of artificial intelligence	Artificial is not anywhere near the point of replacing many jobs and just learning one skill does not help make yourself more valuable