I was going to answer you directly but decided to ask Chat GPT-4 and Bing.
Here's ChatGPT's answer:
>Summary: While a degree can provide a strong foundation and critical thinking skills, the cost of higher education and the evolving job market challenge its relevance. Fields resistant to automation, such as robotics, creative and design, environmental studies, and healthcare, are worth considering. However, pursuing interdisciplinary fields, self-directed learning, and continuous skill development may be necessary to remain adaptable and competitive in the job market.
Here's Bing's:
>Here is a summary of my answer: Automation and AI will change the future of work, but there will be new jobs and skills. You should study what you like and what you are good at, but also keep learning and adapting. A degree can help you, but it is not the only option. You have to choose what works best for you.
I consider GPT's answer more useful, but it is still flawed because the data it was trained on cuts off at 2021. We've seen far too many advancements right now to consider healthcare or environmental studies something humans will still do in four years. IMHO, the best option would be robotics. A physical representation of the capabilities of AI is what we lack right now.
However, at the very least, I think you should already be asking LLM's about these decisions.
Study and get a degree as fast as you can. I advise you to learn coding asap and get as many freelance jobs as you can. Use ChatGPT-4 to help you with the tasks. A civil servant career in a very restricted and stable area (IRS, FBI, military, justice system, etc) is an excellent choice as well, considering they are less prone to suffer from layoffs.
Earn money, save money, buy land in the countryside or in a small town. Secure your loved ones. The 2030s and 2040s will be difficult decades. Stay alive until the ASI arrives.
SkyeandJett t1_jdmwz3f wrote
Continue on as if nothing is changing. Consider a pure math degree maybe, but by 2027 it's probably approaching if not already irrelevant.