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The "we've been automating since the industrial revolution and jobs have adapted" argument doesn't really account for scale. If I skin my knee (~1% of my skin)
by kortex 3y ago
The "we've been automating since the industrial revolution and jobs have adapted" argument doesn't really account for scale. If I skin my knee (~1% of my skin) once a month for five years, that's hardly an issue. I might even form callouses. If I lose 60% of my skin to injury at once, that's a far bigger situation.
- BurningFrog 3y agoAre you implying that AI will replace 60% of jobs in the time that "regular" progress replaces 1% of jobs? I agree that that would be a big disruption, and it would take some time to adapt to a 150% increase in productivity. Some temporary measures to make the adjustment might be needed. But it would in the end be one of the best things that ever happened to humanity!
- fragmede 3y agoIf you're rich, that is. Meanwhile, unskilled labor can't pay their rent or buy food.