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It’s what us doomers have been saying all along: Even if we’re wrong and these LLMs can replace all or most professional jobs, it won’t create new jobs to repla
by stego-tech 1y ago
It’s what us doomers have been saying all along: Even if we’re wrong and these LLMs can replace all or most professional jobs, it won’t create new jobs to replace the lost ones because the AI can replace most labor. For a global economy built on consumers spending money on goods and services, this is a death spiral where fewer jobs mean fewer consumers, which weakens demand, which lowers revenues (corporate and tax alike), which inflates asset prices (the sole things appreciating in value that can’t be fabricated by AI), which displaces more workers, which further decreases revenues…
You get the idea. This is bad, it’s always going to be bad, and the only fix is a fundamental reorientation of global civilization away from “profit at all costs” and towards better metrics that reflect the health and wealth of a populace than GDP. Doing that would require existing power barons cede their control and cooperate on building such a new system, which they emphatically do not want to do.
We’re fucked, basically, has been our position all along. Either AI via LLMs is the real deal and the economy collapses because corporate and political leaders are too stupid to understand macroeconomics and labor issues, or AI via LLMs is bullshit and the economy collapses because we let the rich and powerful light money on fire for years in pursuit of a boondoggle.
There is no good ending here under current incentives and motives, and not one AI company has actually bothered to challenge or change those so that AI becomes a positive force.
- dev_l1x_be 1y agoLuckily replacement is not happening in real life scenarios. AI makes us faster, sure, replaces us? I don't see that happening any time soon. This is a pipe dream for Silicon Valley.
- stego-tech 1y agoI mean, I agree with you 100%, but we should still consider the consequences if we’re wrong. That’s something I don’t see from most folks (the concept they might be wrong, and what that looks like if they are). That’s what I was mainly getting at: whether we’re right or wrong, the outcome is still bad because the problem lies with the current systems (motivations, incentives, etc) and not technology itself.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoThe fact is that it doesn't reaaally matter if AI can actually replace us as long as VCs and Investors are convinced it can They can stay irrational longer than we can stay above water
- pjmlp 1y agoI can tell some companies are already done with digital agencies for asset creation and translations, now that CMS are adding AI based content generation.
- mnmalst 1y agoThis is exactly how I feel as well and doing so for a while now. I lost all motivation to work, or life in general. I just don't see a good outcome, why care at all.
- stego-tech 1y agoBuild communities. Build social connections. It’s totally valid to pull back from work given everything going on (stagnant wages, longer hours, frequent layoffs, AI threats, surveillance, etc), but you gotta put that energy somewhere else. Make friends. Start a game night or hackathon with friends. Pick up new skills you’ve been putting off. Finding personal meaning outside of work is the key to surviving times like these.