Is journalism a "tiankeng" professional netizens are crazy about it, AIGC said: Don't make noise, mathematics, physics and chemistry are high-risk occupations

In the past two days, a debate has been unfolding on the Chinese Internet. The core of the debate is whether journalism majors are Tiankeng majors.

On the positive side, Zhang Xiaoqiang, a professor at the School of Journalism at Chongqing University, has a very clear position: journalism can be learned in both literature and martial arts, and the demand for communication talents in the future society will always be strong.

The opposite is Zhang Xuefeng, a "famous teacher for postgraduate entrance examinations". He has a clear point of view: Don't apply for journalism. If I were a parent and my child insisted on applying for journalism, I would knock him out.

The two factions quarreled fiercely, and the ultimate goal was employment. Zhengfang believes that journalism is not equal to being a reporter, and many positions require the quality of journalism. The opposing side believes that the children of ordinary people should choose a major that is practical and has a higher rate of return, such as computer, so that they can find employment and make money after graduation.

Do you know what ChatGPT says about this topic?

ChatGPT: To comprehensively consider personal interests, career planning and job market

We threw this "tricky" question to ChatGPT, here is its answer:

"The question of whether a journalism major is useful, I think it's a debated topic, and different people will see it differently.

The following is my personal opinion:

If you have a strong interest in the journalism industry and are willing to develop yourself in this field, then applying for a major in journalism is a good choice. As you study journalism, you'll learn about the nature of news, how it's disseminated, and its impact on society. At the same time, you will also develop important career skills such as writing, communication and critical thinking skills, which can be very helpful for career development.

Of course, some people think that the journalism major is not very practical, and the job market in the journalism industry also has certain uncertainties. With the development of the Internet and social media, traditional news media are facing enormous challenges, and the employment situation in the news industry is not optimistic. From a job market perspective, choosing a journalism major is not a completely safe bet.

In general, choosing to apply for a major in journalism requires comprehensive consideration of one's own interests, career planning and job market conditions. This is a very personal choice. "

Compared with the debate on the Internet, ChatGPT's unsentimental analysis is quite satisfactory, but it does make sense.

In fact, not only journalism, literature, history and philosophy majors are in the same situation in the discussion of "is it a tiankeng?"

It’s not that journalism majors are “useless”, literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, physics and chemistry are all high-ranking occupations

Whether journalism graduates can find a job depends a lot on whether there are enough jobs. Under the pressure of the army of ChatGPT and AIGC, the situation may not be optimistic.

According to a survey conducted by OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, the widespread application of ChatGPT will bring about changes to 80% of the American workforce, and 19% of jobs will be seriously affected. The media publishing industry is the hardest hit area.

This result reappeared in the report of the research organization Insider. Insider believes that the media is a type of work, and advertising, content creation and journalists are the first to bear the brunt.

The rationale is simple, AI can read, write and understand text-based data very well, and then perform tasks like reporting and writing more efficiently than humans.

This is not a theoretical speculation, but a fact that is happening.

On June 19, Gannett, the newspaper company with the largest circulation in the United States, announced that it plans to introduce AIGC in its news system, because it may help save money and improve efficiency. Because of this incident, Gannett's staff launched a large-scale strike.

Earlier, the digital media company BuzzFeed announced in a high-profile manner that the company would use AIGC to complete some editorial tasks. The person in charge directly told the public that AIGC content will become part of the company's core business.

Not only in the United States, it is likely that most content-related companies are on the way to use and integrate AIGC tools.

Perhaps the scary thing is that AIGC is not able to complete text content, audio news, or even video news with the participation of virtual people. This is AIGC's forte.

In China, media content produced by AIGC technology has entered the reading market on a large scale, but users do not know that the content they read and watch comes from AIGC.

Babbitt abandoned the traditional picture library as early as a year ago, and fully adopted AI painting to make the head picture of the article. In actual work, using AIGC to search for information, draw up interview outlines, design article ideas, translate podcast audio, write article summaries, and even draw up article titles that may bring better traffic are all "basic operations".

Interestingly, AIGC applications such as ChatGPT only want to turn over "text movers"? No, the research organization Insider believes that in the era of AIGC, technical jobs are not much better than content jobs. Programmers and software engineers need to weigh in front of AIGC whether they have core competitiveness...

If you follow up the latest progress of AIGC, it is easy to speculate that not only literature, history and philosophy, but also mathematics, physics and chemistry are high-risk industries.

This means that for the future job market, strong interdisciplinary abilities and mastery of AIGC are the core and necessary skills for obtaining high-quality jobs and income.