Thanks for the responses. We disagree on a number of things. AI generated content is not "craft" IMO at all, almost the definition of mass produced. EG: AI art

Thanks for the responses. We disagree on a number of things. AI generated content is not "craft" IMO at all, almost the definition of mass produced. EG: AI artwork, can get a lot of it, but if you want a Mona Lisa - you're going to need a human. With regards to common trope - you seem to imply that shrinkflation is not a thing? There is a reasonable argument that most of the inflation of the last couple years is simply price gauging, record profits. The common trope that I'm getting at is that unregulated capitalism falls apart because winners emerge. To some extent, this has happened. EG: facebook buying up instagram, conglomerations, actual price cartels (eg: airlines). Many examples. We are in an era of a great squeeze for profits (not just generic economic growth, but instead a phase of growth achieved through squeezing) > And in the US, this was mostly not the case either: I am speaking from a US based perspective. I don't think I agree that the data you pointed to shows the same thing. While wage growth can still occur, the acceleration of wage growth has changed and is becoming more stratified. The source I linked to earlier showed that. > In the US, the biggest problem is housing: cities have put in place barriers to building houses, and that has increased the financial burden of rent I agree regarding the problem. Though, I would state more specifically the issue is the price of housing relative to wages. That speaks to the trend of people moving away from cities due to pricing, gentrification.; Though, let's not also forget the median family income is still below $50k, and child poverty in the US effects an astonishing 11 out of 74 million children in the US [1]. Which is to say, I think we often bias from an urban perspective. There is a WHOLE lot of poor people in America. Even in places with affordable housing, people are still not getting by. The significance that 1 in 7 children are living in poverty in the US is hard to overstate. > As for computer-based automation, I personally see it as a huge benefit in my life. I even like Google's new AI generated responses. Sure. Though, per the other resources I linked, the trend in the last 30 years is to squeeze out middle jobs. I want to emphasize it is uncharted territory, there is no full historical analog to it. We have yet to see how it plays out. [1] https://www.childrensdefense.org/tools-and-resources/the-state-of-americas-children/soac-child-poverty/ https://www.childrensdefense.org/tools-and-resources/the-sta...