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danielovichdk ◴[] No.43935820[source]
And yet some people think AI will take over jobs. I am amazed this robot was not in place 20 years ago. Really ?
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conception ◴[] No.43935862[source]
Human labor is shockingly cheap.
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bayindirh ◴[] No.43936015[source]
Actually it's pretty expensive in the long run. They want raises, are finicky about their health, have pesky habits like going home, having life partners and something silly called work/life balance. Also, they sometimes organize and become collective bodies under something called a union.

In reality, I'm a strong supporter of everything above. Maybe we can really provide people better jobs by delegating repetitive and boring things to machines and allow everyone to do something they enjoy to earn their lives.

One can dream, I guess...

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1. righthand ◴[] No.43936920[source]
These "what if we give everyone jobs they are interested" remarks are just bullshit. You're not going to give people more interesting jobs, the result will just be flooded job markets everywhere. Then more jobs will become automated and people will then flood to more sectors that aren't automated. What a stupid dream, let people have meaningless jobs if they want that.