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It's scary because AI is going to put the developing world out of business. This coming century is supposed to be about 'Rest of World' - first China, then Ind

by jasmer 3y ago

It's scary because AI is going to put the developing world out of business. This coming century is supposed to be about 'Rest of World' - first China, then India and the rest. But it's going to risk the ability of the nearly-unskilled labour to help.

RecycledEle 3y ago
The Developing World will have ChatGPT as well. They can learn new things and cover over the things they do now know. Hopefully they can join the Developed World quickly. Every time someone says X is going to suffer under ChatGPT, I remind that person that X will also improve their productivity by using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is the most amazing personal tutor I can find. I'm adding 1 IT cert per month, largely due to ChatGPT's help as my personal tutor.
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- jasmer 3y ago
  My gosh 'the robots that replaced the factory workers ... will just help the workers - so now worries!' Do you know what happened to manufacturing when automation low-cost outsourcing happened? It was wiped out. It was devastating for certain sectors of the economy, even as 'net productivity rose' - the surpluses were acquired by some, not others. A lot of 'ghettos' in the US are a direct result of mass factory closures. Now - imagine that happening over the developing world, or rather, factories that were supposed to open, never did. The developing world are 'services export' economy, with things like call centres etc. - and AI will more likely than not just evaporate those roles. That those people will have 'access to ChatGPT' is besides the point when most of them don't even have computers (just mobile phones), or any way to apply that knowledge. It's a bit like saying: 'The developing world has access to Wikipedia and all of Harvard courses online! They should all have great jobs!' Unfortunately that's not how it works. AI is going to help white collar workers, not pink or blue collar work which is low-skilled.

by jasmer 3y ago

RecycledEle 3y ago

The Developing World will have ChatGPT as well. They can learn new things and cover over the things they do now know. Hopefully they can join the Developed World quickly. Every time someone says X is going to suffer under ChatGPT, I remind that person that X will also improve their productivity by using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is the most amazing personal tutor I can find. I'm adding 1 IT cert per month, largely due to ChatGPT's help as my personal tutor.

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jasmer 3y ago
My gosh 'the robots that replaced the factory workers ... will just help the workers - so now worries!' Do you know what happened to manufacturing when automation low-cost outsourcing happened? It was wiped out. It was devastating for certain sectors of the economy, even as 'net productivity rose' - the surpluses were acquired by some, not others. A lot of 'ghettos' in the US are a direct result of mass factory closures. Now - imagine that happening over the developing world, or rather, factories that were supposed to open, never did. The developing world are 'services export' economy, with things like call centres etc. - and AI will more likely than not just evaporate those roles. That those people will have 'access to ChatGPT' is besides the point when most of them don't even have computers (just mobile phones), or any way to apply that knowledge. It's a bit like saying: 'The developing world has access to Wikipedia and all of Harvard courses online! They should all have great jobs!' Unfortunately that's not how it works. AI is going to help white collar workers, not pink or blue collar work which is low-skilled.