Don't Fire Your Illustrator

Re:Don't Fire Your Illustrator by badpun on Monday August 21, 2023 @02:43PM (#37213672)

> Unlike previous machines which can take 1-2 jobs

There are many machines replacing hundreds or even thousands of people- farm equipment, trains, tunnel boring machines etc.

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Re:Don't Fire Your Illustrator by vouaobrasil on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:04PM (#37213910)

I meant KINDS of jobs.

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Re:Don't Fire Your Illustrator by lancesells on Monday August 21, 2023 @04:08PM (#37214674)

Not a real equivalent. Those machines are made by many, many people along the way. Industries exist from those machines.

With software you could say chip makers, developers, and energy companies will get stronger but I don't think there's a comparison. The keyholders will be a much smaller group with a greater power if we stay onboard the AI train.

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Re:Don't Fire Your Illustrator by orangecat on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:23PM (#37218278)

Not a real equivalent. Those machines are made by many, many people along the way. Industries exist from those machines.

Sure, and even taking that into account we produce far more food with far less human labor than we did 100 years ago, and that's a good thing.

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Re:Don't Fire Your Illustrator by Aerbil313 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @10:37AM (#37223377)

And they do lead to unemployment. What are the people thinking? There is unemployment, and technology causes it more than it relieves it, especially software technology.

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