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> prices are largely based on supply and demand Then we'd better unionize before AI starts doing all the easy stuff
by jessehattabaugh 4y ago
> prices are largely based on supply and demand
Then we'd better unionize before AI starts doing all the easy stuff
- missedthecue 4y agoPreserving inefficiencies for the sake of extracting money is called rent seeking.
- mushbino 4y agoRent seeking is collecting money while adding no economic value. Like landlords.
- missedthecue 4y agoUnions don't add economic value, hence why employers don't like them. The way they secure higher pay is by going on strike, not by offering more production or value.
- mushbino 4y agoUnions provide training, good healthcare, and safety, which very much add economic value. Employers typically have the full force of market forces to pay as little as possible. Collectivisation is the workers only means to advocate for themselves.
- surement 4y agoif you think that then buy a house instead of renting
- mushbino 4y agoLet's throw in a yacht as well. Why would anyone not get one of those too?
- Jensson 4y agoIf an AI can do your job then you add no economic value, you are just collecting rent by preventing an AI from replacing you.
- fallingknife 4y agoHow would unionizing prevent you from being replaced by a machine? Striking isn't a threat when you not being there is what the company is going for anyway.
- bobthepanda 4y agoAutomation is not instant, and if the clock is between “implement AI correctly to automate the work” and “run out of money because you have no workers” a strike is still effective.