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Maybe too offtopic but: I find it somewhat ironic that white-collar jobs have a higher risk of being displaced by GPT-like tools than blue-collar jobs. Everyone
by world2vec 4y ago
Maybe too offtopic but: I find it somewhat ironic that white-collar jobs have a higher risk of being displaced by GPT-like tools than blue-collar jobs. Everyone used to not-so-jokingly say "learn to code" but now it's more like "learn to plumb".
- PierceJoy 4y agoI don’t think anyone was telling tradespeople to learn to code. It was more like liberal arts people working at coffee shops. But even so, tradespeople should pray that white collar jobs don’t go away, because otherwise their market will explode with supply and their prices will plummet.
- JimiofEden 4y agoIt was targeted at journalists that were impacted by layoffs, particularly in response to articles that were coming out along the lines of 'Some ex-Coal Miners have learned how to code' - https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/angr4k/what_is_the_deal_with_learn_to_code_being_used_as/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/angr4k/what_i...