> We won't all be unemployed if AI takes over white collar work.

So you wouldn’t mind going from 6 figure salary to working as a cashier at Walmart, figuratively speaking? Because I sure as hell mind, given mortgage and family obligations.

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treis an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Obviously I'm not immune from the anxiety everyone feels and it's going to be bad for some people. That doesn't change that historically the jobs aren't from programmer to cashier. They're from shoveling shit or screwing caps on toothpaste tubes to software engineering.

The trajectory of the West has been good for a long time and the rate of improvement is increasing.

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8note an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

you could still go work on the oil patch

most people arent making a six figure salary, and have mortgage and family obligations

	▲	wiseowise an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Did they massively improve working conditions, or your software job is as bad as working in an oil patch? Mine isn’t. > most people arent making a six figure salary, and have mortgage and family obligations Maybe not most, but there’s sure lot of white collars making six figures. I don’t know what kind of teenage big tech bubble you’re in for the rest, but more than 70% of my colleagues have mortgage and families.