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I’d be anxious, too, if I were just starting my career. Those kids just invested a lot of time and money in an education, and the payoff looks a lot like a gam
by RickJWagner 5mo ago
I’d be anxious, too, if I were just starting my career. Those kids just invested a lot of time and money in an education, and the payoff looks a lot like a gamble.
But AI is going to help, not hurt in the long run. Technology always makes things better and cheaper in the long run. Poverty diminishes, free time increases, things truly do get better over time. This’ll be a short term bump, but it’ll be a steep one.
- goda90 5mo agoYour viewport is too zoomed out. When you zoom in on the march of human progress, you'll find a lot of spikes in the amount of human suffering along the way. As we start to hit the limits of what Earth can sustain, do you really feel confident that the next spike will dissipate quickly?
- nemomarx 5mo agoHow short term do you think it'll be, and how confident are you in that? If it takes until these kids are in their 30s their careers will be pretty affected. "maybe the next generation of kids after you will be fine" isn't super comforting.
- JohnFen 5mo agoIf the genAI cheerleaders are correct, and this is a change much like the industrial revolution, then things will be horrible for the average person for multiple generations.
- cyclopeanutopia 5mo ago> Technology always makes things better and cheaper in the long run. How so?
- pesus 5mo agoAre you willing to join in the suffering in the meantime? That's what everyone saying "it'll get better in the long run!" seems to ignore.