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AI will lead to labor shortages, Bezos says in optimistic talk
- cyanydeez 4mo agowe're giving you jobs! See that millionaire over there! Soon he'll afford a yacht! Who will build the yachts? You! Who will clean the toilets! You! Can't you see, we won't run you out of a good job, we'll run you into the dirtiest jobs!
- thewebguyd 4mo agoYep. Notice in all of these "lol nevermind, AI isn't going to take jobs way" takes that these execs have suddenly started spewing completely gloss over exactly WHAT jobs are going to be available. They only look at it from the top. if jobsAvailable = True then economy = fine. But there is no viable desk job->trades pipeline. You can't upend millions of people's existing lifestyles from office jobs that provide a comfortable, climate controlled work environment, and a high enough salary to enter the middle class, and tell everyone "sorry, but hey there's a massive labor shortage in manufacturing and welding, go grab a hard hat" So now, things bifurcate even more. You're either a highly specialized AI engineer of some sort, which will be highly competitive, or back to the factory you go and you can kiss your six figure salary and work life balance good bye. Oh, and you'll destroy your body in the process and probably die early. Yay capitalism? There's no optimism there. Knowledge workers care about what jobs are going to be available, not just that any job is available.
- ranon 4mo agoJon Stewart/Obama told Bezos this directly: "that's a recipe for a revolution."
- mynameisbilly 4mo agoI expect some form of UBI will be incorporated to placate the masses in the event of mass unemployment, but only after some serious unrest.
- cyanydeez 4mo agoNo, what will happen is a claim of UBI, but inevitably it'll just be some war and strife and credit card debt that will ensure fealty. ...oh, wait
- warmedcookie 4mo agoDrone armies will prevent such things this time around though.
- pixelatedindex 4mo agoI don’t see a whole lot (if any) of optimism in the article. Of course the oligarchs would put out a grand vision of AI. Too many similarities to Rapture (Bioshock).
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- everybodyknows 4mo agoLabor "shortage"? In a free market, wouldn't the price of labor, i.e. wages, rise to meet demand?
- simianwords 4mo agoIt’s not going to be instant. Just like we have housing shortages or unemployment.
- vanuatu 4mo agoYeah, a shortage implies that the price of labor rises a lot Not unimaginable, given that the bottlenecks seem to be concentrating on high-level direction, relational work, and expert verification
- fpaf 4mo ago"For instance we are already running out of people to lay off!"
- dh2022 4mo ago:) At Amazon, due to their toxic work culture which led to high turnover, the joke was Amazon will run out of new hires, it will have to rehire previous employees.
- abandonliberty 4mo agoA real consideration for warehouse staff in some areas.
- otekengineering 4mo agolabor shortage and high unemployment can, and will, coexist. the roles most in demand will be those that fewest of the population are able to fill.
- philipov 4mo agoThe lie is in calling it a labor shortage without qualification. There won't be a shortage of all labor, just a highly specific class of labor, and everyone else will be left out.