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bilsbie ◴[28 Aug 25 21:47 UTC] No.45057433[source]▶

AI is the popular cover excuse for layoffs.

I can’t think of a single job that modern AI could easily replace.

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sumedh ◴[28 Aug 25 23:31 UTC] No.45058195[source]▶

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I used to hire someone who worked part time from home to bookmark some of the key pages in thousands of pdfs just so that I can directly jump to those pages instead of spending time myself on finding those pages.

AI can now do it very cheap so no need to give that job to a human anymore.

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1. bilsbie ◴[29 Aug 25 11:44 UTC] No.45062774[source]▶

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I know I have dozens of tasks like that but I can’t seem to think of them when I’m wondering what to do with AI!

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