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Re:AI Crap – Drew Devault by incrudible on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @08:47AM (#37306957)
The problem is not unemployment, it is raising the bar for valuable labor. Arguably the standard of living has already declined for the average human individual. A factory job used to afford a single worker with modest education a house and a family. That said, generative AI will have far less impact here than, say, a robot arm.
Re:AI Crap – Drew Devault by HWR_14 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @09:34AM (#37307678)
That seems like a different (and real, but modern) problem compared to "we never would have left subsistence farming without a massive unemployment period (painful job loss) brought about by new technology" the the OP suggested.
Re:AI Crap – Drew Devault by RecycledEle on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:50PM (#37342002)
The bar for viable labor is rising.

It is also easier that ever to educate yourself.

These two facts balance.

Re:AI Crap – Drew Devault by incrudible on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:36AM (#37404208)
If you believe that anyone can learn anything, that might sound plausible to you. The evidence does not point in this direction, however.