Re:ChatGPT Has Already Decreased My Income Security, and Lik...
by w0m on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @08:10AM
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existing* jobs; but it also opens up entire new markets that weren't feasible prior.
In the US as an example; ~150 years ago 80% of the population had to farm to feed the country. Today it's 1%. Yea; '97% of jobs lost!' - but it gave the workforce the power/freedom to build other new/amazing things also.
I know that's a trite example; but I like it as it makes it clear that the status quo is not an immutable (or entirely positive) thing.
In the US as an example; ~150 years ago 80% of the population had to farm to feed the country. Today it's 1%. Yea; '97% of jobs lost!' - but it gave the workforce the power/freedom to build other new/amazing things also.
I know that's a trite example; but I like it as it makes it clear that the status quo is not an immutable (or entirely positive) thing.