No motivation to learn English

They write that in 2-3 years everyone will lose their jobs

Learn the bare minimum, since it sounds like you have zero interest using English outside of work?

If you don't want to learn English, don't learn English. But not wanting to learn English because techbros are selling an unrealistic version of the future to pump their company's stocks is silly.

Don't worry, you'll learn it anyway. You're surrounded by English so much, that it will eventually just enter your brain and stay there. :) BTW, you can start by talking to ChatGPT in English. I guess it gives better answers in English than in Estonian. Watch YouTube content in English. Read [en.wikipedia.org](http://en.wikipedia.org) It has much better articles than most other languages.

Oh! I’ve been reading The End of the Individual by Gaspard Koenig. The collection of interviewes with AI and informatic’s specialists about AI progress and “can it replace human in the nearest future”. I highly recommend it to you right know, because there author also researches the bias about AI power and further progress and explain, why we see a lot of news about AI. And ofc if you lacked your motivation, take your time and just don’t learn English.

Self driving cars have been 5 years away for 30 years.

Ai has the ability to "day dream" it comes up with lies all the time. Even if AI has the ability to translate languages the human trust to believe AI won't be there for a while. If you know that a piece of technology lies to you at random would you trust it exclusively for a business deal?

Speaking English is a fundamental in life (at least for me). I only lack motivation in learning my heritage language (Russian). I love Russian so much and my a vast majority of my family speaks it, but I never really learned it past A2. English, on the other hand, is spoken by almost everyone, regardless of their native language or where they are from. I believe Estonia has a sizable population that speaks English, so you can perhaps find a place that can immerse you in the English language?

What if news about the AI are wrong?

Keep learning it. Even in an AI world, there will always be a need for people who can speak English. You will also find other reasons to use, like meeting English-speakers and if you travel. You won't use AI to talk to people. You won't use AI to read. You won't use AI to listen. You won't use AI to watch movies in English. Even with AI, there are a lot of reasons to learn English. Be encouraged and have courage to keep on learning.

A lot of media opens up if you do keep learning English. And even if AI translators function, it won’t be in real time. It would have to wait for an entire sentence to finish in Japanese in order to translate it to English. And AI will get better, but it won’t be perfect. It wouldn’t be able to pick up sarcasm, would most likely fumble translating words and idioms properly.

Even if AI can translate accurately, it requires time and internet access to process language nuances. This makes it unacceptable for professional communication with clients. Moreover, when people communicate naturally without translation tools, they build genuine friendships. Using AI for real-time translation during face-to-face meetings with clients or colleagues actually hinders relationship development.

Ask AI

AI can't replace human conversation and the connection that comes with it. 

I know a lot of people think the same but my student who I went out to drink with the other night said something interesting. He said: AI might be able to translate really well in some situations but what about going out to a bar like this? Noisy environment, lots of other people talking.. how is it going to translate instantly and understand clearly when all of that is going on? Plus who wants to wear earphones all night just so you can understand the translation? No thanks