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This sentiment stands at odds with centuries of evidence.
by paulddraper 3y ago
This sentiment stands at odds with centuries of evidence.
- zadler 3y agoToo much evidence to even begin to enumerate, presumably.
- paulddraper 3y agoBetween 1900 and 1970, agricultural jobs went from 35% to 5% of U.S. jobs. One out of three jobs lost in a single lifetime. During the same time, the standard of living skyrocketed.
- lossolo 3y agoIs there evidence from centuries of AI revolutions to support this? What makes you think it's the same? I don't see how it's comparable. History shows that low-skilled jobs were typically replaced with similar low-skilled jobs, such as transitioning from farming to factory work. However, we are now entering an era where we can potentially replace most low-skilled jobs. The question is, what will happen to the hundreds of millions of people who will be displaced? Without a significant revolution in the economic model, it may not be possible to address this issue. What will a 50-year-old truck driver do? Go to college and learn software engineering? We know that this is not feasible in the majority of cases.
- paulddraper 3y agoA 50-year-old truck driver will become a 60-year-old truck driver. A 20-year-old truck driver will go to trade school and become a mechanic. As much as we like to think of ourselves as special, this has all happened before and will all happen again.