I’m currently learning C++ at Bloomberg and thinking of going back to school for EE if I can get away with it. Is embedded safe from AI? Or do I have to find a role that’s literally 0 programming to be safe, in which case what roles would make sense?
I don't think so. I think only AI is safe from AI. And manual labour jobs (not necessarily low-paying, e.g. operating surgeons also count)
Become embedded engineer who can work close to network accelerators and then you are good
What is network accelerators?
I do a fair bit of embedded systems work at work, and AI has been absolutely useless beyond making helper functions based purely in running some math function etc. The intricacies of real embedded systems work is well beyond the capability of an LLM today. There's no reason to believe that will still be true in the coming years, though.
Do embedded engineers do anything on site? I think physical work is far outside the scope for AI
Some do, some don't. I'm hands on bringing up new PCBs etc., in pure theory AI could write my code if it were good enough, but I'd still have to go into the office to test it, pull out test equipment, and fix its bugs. But that is not job security since if the AI wrote the code near perfectly you could still eliminate 90% of embedded engineers and just have a few to test and fix the occasional bug.
If you’re fear mongering this hard you’re doomed anyways. Just become a AI Engineer for the peace of mind you’ll feel when you realize all the red tape involved with AI
I am also thinking about getting into embedded. Do you think it is necessary to get a degree? Thanks OP.