In the artificial intelligence age, industry leaders say the most in-demand and potentially lucrative professions might not be the roles building AI models themselves, but rather the sorely lacking manual labor needed to supply the technology’s massive infrastructure needs.
While white collar jobs, particularly those highly exposed to AI, seem more precarious by the day, AI’s infrastructure needs to have Huang and others pointing to the roles traditionally considered blue collar as perhaps the wise choice for new grads.
It’s not a problem exclusive to the AI industry either.
During his speech over the weekend, Huang challenged students to rise to the occasion.
“This is the largest technology infrastructure buildout in human history and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reindustrialize America,” he said. “To support AI, America will build chip factories, computer factories, data centers, and advanced manufacturing facilities across the country.”
