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Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 by thih9 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @03:13PM (#35632099)
Is this bigger than computers / web / smartphones? Many people lost their clients and had to change the way they work because of the above. The market has adjusted.

Then again, it all happened in a relatively long timeframe. Whereas here we got access to chatgpt pretty much overnight.

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Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 by tedivm on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @03:24PM (#35632224)
There's a difference between "the market has adjusted" and "society is better now". The market adjusted by increasing inequality, reducing wages, and shrinking the middle class (especially in specific regions).

The fact that the market adjusts isn't a good metric to use for the healthiness of a society.

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Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 by thih9 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @03:38PM (#35632381)
Which regions? Are we sure there is causality? I meant job market, i.e. which jobs are in demand (e.g. social media manager) and which aren’t (e.g. analog camera operator). Is society worse after that changes?
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