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If large swaths of people lose their jobs to AI, have no job prospects due to the presence of AI, and can't afford their next meal in the here and now, that is

by LexiMax 10mo ago

If large swaths of people lose their jobs to AI, have no job prospects due to the presence of AI, and can't afford their next meal in the here and now, that is a recipe for civil unrest.

raw_anon_1111 10mo ago
You give way too much credit to the US electorate. Right now vast swaths of the country are worshipping a billionaire and support policies that are actively harming them because the politicians claim to hate the same people they hate and/or quote scripture.
- LexiMax 10mo ago
  Hunger knows no political party.
  - raw_anon_1111 10mo ago
    Seeing the life if people in red states that continue to struggle and still vote for politicians that pass policies that hurt them, I disagree. How many farmers right now are suffering between the current tariff policies and immigration policies are still professing support for Trump? The very people that unions and higher minimum wages would help the most are opposed to because they support the very people who favoring their employers getting rich over them. If you take solace in “god will provide” as long as you give the church 10% of your income, you aren’t looking at things logically as long as the politicians can quote scripture.
terminalshort 10mo ago
If... But most likely it will be like technology replacing all the many jobs it has replaced over the last 100 years and those people will move into other jobs. If it is different this time then it requires a different response, but that isn't needed until we know it actually is different.
- LexiMax 10mo ago
  In those past times of technological change, it was reasonably obvious where the puck was headed. However, I feel like that has been changing over the past decade or two. I have met countless young people who have been willing and able to pick up a new skill to make a living. By and large, that has either turned out to be going into tech or going into gig work AI is threatening both of those. It is not obvious to me what comes after. Frankly, these days if someone younger comes to me asking for career advice, I honestly wouldn't know what to tell them.

by LexiMax 10mo ago

If large swaths of people lose their jobs to AI, have no job prospects due to the presence of AI, and can't afford their next meal in the here and now, that is a recipe for civil unrest.

raw_anon_1111 10mo ago

You give way too much credit to the US electorate. Right now vast swaths of the country are worshipping a billionaire and support policies that are actively harming them because the politicians claim to hate the same people they hate and/or quote scripture.

LexiMax 10mo ago
Hunger knows no political party.
- raw_anon_1111 10mo ago
  Seeing the life if people in red states that continue to struggle and still vote for politicians that pass policies that hurt them, I disagree. How many farmers right now are suffering between the current tariff policies and immigration policies are still professing support for Trump? The very people that unions and higher minimum wages would help the most are opposed to because they support the very people who favoring their employers getting rich over them. If you take solace in “god will provide” as long as you give the church 10% of your income, you aren’t looking at things logically as long as the politicians can quote scripture.

terminalshort 10mo ago

If... But most likely it will be like technology replacing all the many jobs it has replaced over the last 100 years and those people will move into other jobs. If it is different this time then it requires a different response, but that isn't needed until we know it actually is different.

LexiMax 10mo ago
In those past times of technological change, it was reasonably obvious where the puck was headed. However, I feel like that has been changing over the past decade or two. I have met countless young people who have been willing and able to pick up a new skill to make a living. By and large, that has either turned out to be going into tech or going into gig work AI is threatening both of those. It is not obvious to me what comes after. Frankly, these days if someone younger comes to me asking for career advice, I honestly wouldn't know what to tell them.