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Really curious how it's going to kill the need for immigrants in construction, agriculture, food service, hospitality, lawn care, cleaning, building maintenance
by tyingq 9mo ago
Really curious how it's going to kill the need for immigrants in construction, agriculture, food service, hospitality, lawn care, cleaning, building maintenance, etc.
Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit?
- bigbadfeline 9mo ago> Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit? Apparently, that's exactly the main idea here. Them and other expendable office workers.
- acdha 9mo agoIt’s also interesting because the whole SV model assumes demand which goes way down if a genuine AI enters the market and starts cutting into middle class jobs. There aren’t many ads targeting low-wage workers, not nearly enough to support the tech sector.
- goku12 9mo agoThey either lack that foresight and are completely oblivious of that limitation (the Dunning-Kruger effect), or they're lying shamelessly to manipulate the market in the hopes cashing out in the end, sort of like a pump-and-dump scheme or a pyramid scheme. Based on many of their track records I wouldn't be too surprised if both effects are at play, reinforcing each other.
- bhhaskin 9mo agoThere is a reason why you are seeing a ton of humanoid robots in development. They just don't have the software to make them viable yet.