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Unlikely. Microsoft had layoffs everywhere except India. There they keep hiring more. As song as the can keep upskilling themselves while still being much cheap
by FirmwareBurner 1y ago
Unlikely. Microsoft had layoffs everywhere except India. There they keep hiring more. As song as the can keep upskilling themselves while still being much cheaper than US workers they won't fear unemployment.
Just yesterday I saw on X a video of a Miami hotel where the check-in procedure was via a video call to a receptionist in India.
- sitkack 1y agoSix months from now, that singular worker if they are still employed, will manage a high number of receptionist avatars. And then they themselves will be replaced. It will still lead to a massive collapse in the labor market and with all of that excess labor, existing jobs while being overworked will still see flat to decreasing wages.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoYou overestimate how chatbots can replace people.
- sitkack 1y agoMost people underestimate how strongly capital wants to displace labor, even if the outcomes are demonstrably worse. Esp in a captured scenario like hotel reception, you have already booked, you aren't going anywhere else.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoIf that were true, automatic coffee vending machines would have made baristas unemployed a long time age.