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I think this is the same type of thinking that people had when they think technology will "steal" jobs, when in reality we have lower and lower unemployment as
by s3p 4y ago
I think this is the same type of thinking that people had when they think technology will "steal" jobs, when in reality we have lower and lower unemployment as time goes on.
Most likely this will not actually happen, and even if it did your content would still be valuable as an AI is analyzing it in a more nuanced way than just looking for keywords. Which, by the way, is exactly what search engines do.
- vineyardmike 4y ago> I think this is the same type of thinking that people had when they think technology will "steal" jobs, when in reality we have lower and lower unemployment as time goes on. Technical changes do kill jobs. We always find a way to invent jobs, of course, but that doesn't mean old jobs aren't viable. Movie theaters once employed professional musicians, not they don't, because movies have audio built in. Obviously a net-loss since musicians are jobs people like. Less coal miners or farmers is probably a good thing though. It all depends on the type of job you replace. If you replace hard manual labor jobs, you're a net-good. Replacing a job people like... and you'll get a negative label. Doesn't change the fact that progress marches on, but jobs are killed by tech changes.
- daniel-cussen 4y ago[dead]
- wahnfrieden 4y agoIt has stolen in that productivity has skyrocketed while wages have been kept relatively suppressed. That's the feat of technology.
- alvah 4y agoA lot of the jobs we have now resemble David Graeber's "Bullshit Jobs" though. I suspect many jobs that largely consist of making powerpoints and looking out of a window could disappear tomorrow without upsetting anyone except the incumbents.
- epistemer 4y agoI completely disagree and I love David Graeber. We will automate some bullshit jobs but create all kinds of new bullshit jobs that have titles that start with AI. Thousands of titles like "AI ____ ____ Manager" that also does nothing but schedule meetings about meetings about AI. The mistake to me is to believe bullshit jobs are the end result of some systemic inefficiency that AI is going to automate out of existence. I just don't think that is at all the case because otherwise we would just cut so many bullshit jobs right now without AI.
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