Farms mechanized but we luckily had other jobs on hand to sponge that up. What used to be a farmhand is now a gas station worker selling zyn to a wallmart worker who sells food to the gas station worker.

However, AI is coming for them too. This time it really is different. The whole business pitch is the elimination of any safe harbor. All human labor to be automated. Why have 8 billion humans in that environment? Scary times ahead. We will probably end up culled by the machine.

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bwanab 2 hours ago | parent [-]

In my now long lifetime, I can't tell you how many times I've heard the phrase "This time it really is different" for it to turn out that it really wasn't all that different. Maybe this time it is, but I'd put my bet on isn't.

	▲	bigbadfeline an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> In my now long lifetime, I can't tell you how many times I've heard the phrase "This time it really is different" This isn't an argument and it shows a fundamental lack of understanding of risk and game theory. Besides, it's always been different, in the sense of boiling frog temperature going up. The present case is more different because this time, the rate of rising is high enough to make the frogs uncomfortable... and you're trying to calm them down and keep them in the water: > Look frogs, the temps've always been rising, "many times I've heard the phrase "This time it really is different" for it to turn out that it really wasn't all that different." > Maybe this time it is, but I'd put my bet on isn't. Bro, it's not about betting... you have to try hard to learn something about risk.