Is there a future for computational linguistics?

Question

Computational linguistics

Hello,
A friend is going to apply for a linguist in Germany. There are several areas of this specialization, and one of them is "computational linguistics". At first I wanted to advise her to apply for it (because I came across a lot of anxious exclamations on the Internet about the fact that anyone can find a job with this specialty).
But then, somehow, doubts began to arise: did this area reach the ceiling? After all, in essence, systems like Siri are the ceiling for this area, and the future belongs to systems like the human mind. Along with these thoughts, I came across an article on Habré.
https://megamozg.ru/post/2370/
Therefore, I somehow don’t really see the prospects for this profession in the future, I don’t see startups appearing in this area. Although it may not be right. Who thinks about this?

Answer 1

Ceilings are made to be climbed. Siri and all sorts of Alice are stupid machines that work on scripts based on FSM machines (finite state machines). That. these bots are capable of the maximum, it's only what the creators of such scripts put in place. Intellectuality, in the understanding of this word by the layman, is not there.
There is voice-to-text recognition, and voice-to-text generation. But no more. Next comes the regular code.
I am not an expert in linguistics and computational linguistics in particular. But the area may be in demand.
I don't know about small private traders, but in corporations, yes.
At the moment, I would enter a specialty that would depend least of all on the team, and more on myself.
For example, a programmer, as an artist at the moment, can feed himself.
An architect with a designer of IZHS houses too.
But "design and operation of rocket engines" - I would not go for such a specialty) too much dependence on corporations.