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The reason why this is so disruptive is because it will effect hundreds of fields simultaneously. Previously workers in a field disrupted by automation would r
by mensetmanusman 2y ago
The reason why this is so disruptive is because it will effect hundreds of fields simultaneously.
Previously workers in a field disrupted by automation would retrain to a different part of the economy.
If AI pans out to the point that there are mass layoffs in hundreds of sectors of the economy at once, then i’m not sure the process we have haphazardly set up now will work. People will have no idea where to go beyond manual labor. (But this will be difficult due to the obesity crisis - but maybe it will save lives in a weird way).
- hash872 2y agoIf there are 'mass layoffs in hundreds of sectors of the economy at once', then the economy immediately goes into Great Depression 2.0 or worse. Consumer spending is two-thirds of the US economy, when everyone loses their jobs and stops having disposable income that's literally what a depression is
- mensetmanusman 2y agoThis will create a prisoner’s dilemma for corporations then, the government will have to step in to provide incentives for insanely profitable corporations to keep the proper number of people employed or limit the rate of layoffs.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoWell it hasn’t happened yet at least (unemployment is near historic lows). How much better does AI need to get? And do we actually expect it to happen? Improving on random benchmarks is not necessarily evidence of being able to do a specific job.