Forestry

My Major Lifespan

until AI starts shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates
Sep 24, 2033 · 2555 days left

AI working with lidar and satellite data will first cut the timber inventories and management plans that new hires produce, and because private industrial timberland runs on at-will employment, there is little to cushion hiring. Wildfire fuel reduction and planting on steep slopes remain hands-on field work.

Major lifespan is the time left until AI is expected to start shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.