When did you decide to finally retire

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Bringing in the ideas of this thread:

Will AI Automate Most White-Collar Jobs?

Hi everybody–I spend my days fighting AI in academia, and so I thought I’d get your opinions if you are interested. @shawbridge said on the retirement thread that he thought AI would replace white-collar jobs (unless you are an automator rather than an automatee). I have great respect for him and his contributions, but I can’t imagine that we have enough available energy to power the AI output to do this. It seems to me that it would be so expensive that humans would often be a cheaper option! What do you think? Any thoughts about AI welcome.

My husband and I had a conversation yesterday about a retirement timeline. Originally thinking it would be in our 60s, I’m now thinking it might be in our 70s. We have a 22 and an 18 year old. Currently, we now plan to work longer than we previously thought (in healthcare) because their professional future is so uncertain.