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andai 9 hours ago

What's the byproduct of human-level AI and robotics?

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tim333 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We'll have a better idea if it arrives.

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smallmancontrov 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Displaced workers.

I mean, maaaaaybe a Jevon's Paradox kicks into play with human labor and replacing people with robots somehow creates even more jobs, but whenever someone says this your immediate response should be: "ok, now put your money where your mouth is and bet on it by strengthening the social safety net."

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Esophagus4 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I generally do believe that workers get redeployed elsewhere after technological disruption.

(Eg agricultural revolution in the US)

I do believe in good safety nets as well and I think that shows in my voting record, so I’m not sure what else you would expect from me, if anything.

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inigyou 7 hours ago | parent [-]

This assumes sufficient jobs. We have been below replacement jobs for a long time but we made up the difference with Bullshit Jobs. Now we might even be running out of those.

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Esophagus4 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> Bullshit Jobs

I’ve only read the article, not the full book, but I’m not sure I buy the premise.

Maybe we can’t see what the new post-AI society looks like yet, but I tend to believe society progresses as it evolves.

It doesn’t mean it won’t be rocky for many people, and good social safety nets will make this easier, but I generally don’t think there will be some kind of dystopian future where society runs out of work to do for humans.

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inigyou 7 hours ago | parent [-]

A lot of current bullshit jobs involve generating text that nobody reads or cares about. LLMs replace these.

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hparadiz an hour ago | parent [-]

Everyone kinda ignores that you can now generate that text in any language at a whim and it will do a far better job than previous translation programs. What a huge improvement in efficiency.

	▲	inigyou an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Bullshit jobs have to be inefficient to work or else we have an unemployment crisis.