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> Jennifer Kelly, a freelance copywriter in the picturesque New England town of Walpole, N.H., feels bad for any young people who might try to follow in her foo

> Jennifer Kelly, a freelance copywriter in the picturesque New England town of Walpole, N.H., feels bad for any young people who might try to follow in her footsteps. How many typists did word processors put out of jobs? Before, if you wrote a paper or document, you would write it out by hand in a notebook, correct what you wanted and then a lot of times pay a professional typist to quickly and correctly type it up for you. This was a lot better than trying to do it yourself, and spending many frustrating hours making mistakes and using whiteout and retyping. You will always be able to find someone adversely affected by technology. For example, refrigeration put icemen out of work.

N0b8ez 2y ago
I agree in the short-term the argument that AI puts people out of work isn't very strong and would also have told us to not invent word processors like you say. But some people envision a future where all jobs will be done by AI, without humans being able to compete at all.
jpc0 2y ago
I have an example for you that poses an ethical question. I frequent a KFC, in the 15 years I've been going there the staff count has halved. In the last year they have installed automated ordering machines which for me is great I can use it. For some people they don't like the added complexity ( they aren't as technologically savvy) and prefer ordering in person. However instead of 3 people working at a teller there is now only 1. AI in a few years could likely entirely replace that last person and a place that previously employed 15 unskilled labourers will employ at most 1 or two, per shift. Those people didn't get UBI, they didn't get the opportunity to reskill, they lost their jobs. That is at this point 7-8 families who no longer have a breadwinner. Do you think the price I pay for my chicken has decreased in those years? I know for a fact profit margins have increased however. On a side note. No I no longer support that franchise and rather support a local business who employes actual humans. We are headed for a dystopia where the gap between the rich and the poor increases. I won't lose my job to AI. However if even 50% of the population does it's still an issue. And government moves extremely slowly, the likely hood that taxes or UBI disincentives the dystopia before it happens is very low. AI can be a game changer, however look at the world you live in and tell me which game it will be changing.

N0b8ez 2y ago

I agree in the short-term the argument that AI puts people out of work isn't very strong and would also have told us to not invent word processors like you say. But some people envision a future where all jobs will be done by AI, without humans being able to compete at all.

jpc0 2y ago

I have an example for you that poses an ethical question. I frequent a KFC, in the 15 years I've been going there the staff count has halved. In the last year they have installed automated ordering machines which for me is great I can use it. For some people they don't like the added complexity ( they aren't as technologically savvy) and prefer ordering in person. However instead of 3 people working at a teller there is now only 1. AI in a few years could likely entirely replace that last person and a place that previously employed 15 unskilled labourers will employ at most 1 or two, per shift. Those people didn't get UBI, they didn't get the opportunity to reskill, they lost their jobs. That is at this point 7-8 families who no longer have a breadwinner. Do you think the price I pay for my chicken has decreased in those years? I know for a fact profit margins have increased however. On a side note. No I no longer support that franchise and rather support a local business who employes actual humans. We are headed for a dystopia where the gap between the rich and the poor increases. I won't lose my job to AI. However if even 50% of the population does it's still an issue. And government moves extremely slowly, the likely hood that taxes or UBI disincentives the dystopia before it happens is very low. AI can be a game changer, however look at the world you live in and tell me which game it will be changing.