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Re:The idea that AI will just augment jobs never replace them by coldtea on Monday February 12, 2024 @10:17AM (#39345711)
Rather the opposite: those WHF can just live in a small city / community with 100x the "local social network", cohesion, friendliness, etc. than the ones living in some big city where they don't even know their immediate neighbors.

And of course if someone from e.g. India replaces you, I'm pretty sure they'll have a far greater "local social network" than whatever Silicon Valley can offer.

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Re:The idea that AI will just augment jobs never replace them by jncfhnb on Monday February 12, 2024 @10:18AM (#39345731)
I don’t mean having friends, I mean having a useful professional network for getting jobs
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Re:The idea that AI will just augment jobs never replace them by coldtea on Monday February 12, 2024 @10:20AM (#39345755)
All else being equal, their lower cost will get them jobs more easily than some expesive fella's "professional network".

Also, even when working remotely, people tend to remember who did a good job and who they collaborated well or has some good skills - and when they start another company, or move to work elsewhere, they can still opt to bring them in, even if they've never gossiped next to the same watercooler.

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Re:The idea that AI will just augment jobs never replace them by jncfhnb on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:35PM (#39347731)
Respectfully I disagree unless the job is low skill and fungible. Network is far more valuable. Especially local ones.
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Re:The idea that AI will just augment jobs never replace them by Volundr on Monday February 12, 2024 @10:41AM (#39346098)
> I mean having a useful professional network for getting jobs

Why does this need to be local? Even when I was working in the office a good chunk of my professional network wasn't for in the same city as me.

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Re:The idea that AI will just augment jobs never replace them by jncfhnb on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:39PM (#39347787)
Local networks are just typically stronger. And networks in major cities are typically stronger. It will take a lot of time for this to change. I’m mostly remote but everyone is still attached to a major urban hub.
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