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Re:OpenAI is building a social network by tokioyoyo on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @04:50AM (#43703074)
My dad uses ChatGPT for some excel macros. He’s ~70, and not really into tech news. Same with my mom, but for more casual stuff. You’re underestimating how prevalent the usage is across “normies” who really don’t care about second order effects in terms of employment and etc.
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Re:OpenAI is building a social network by OccamsMirror on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @07:43AM (#43704127)
I loathe AI for what it's doing the job market.

But I'd be stupid not to use it. It has made boilerplate work so much easier. It's even added an interesting element where I use it to brain storm.

Even most haters will end up using it.

I think eventually people will realize it's not replacing anyone directly and is really just a productivity multiplier. People were worried that email would remove jobs from the economy too.

I'm not convinced our general AIs are going to get much better than they are now. It feels like we're we are at with mobile phones.

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Re:OpenAI is building a social network by frm88 on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @11:16AM (#43706566)
> People were worried that email would remove jobs from the economy too.

And it did. Together with other technology, but yes:

https://archive.is/20200118212150/https://www.wsj.com/articl...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-vanishing-executive-assista...

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Re:OpenAI is building a social network by MisterSandman on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @08:20PM (#43711752)
> I loathe AI for what it's doing the job market.

To be fair, it's not doing anything to the job market, it's just being used as an excuse. Very few tech jobs have truly been replaced AI, it's just an easy excuse for layoffs due to recession/mismanagement etc.

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Re:OpenAI is building a social network by tokioyoyo on Thursday April 17, 2025 @02:16AM (#43713642)
It has affected graphic design and copy writing jobs quite a lot. Software engineering is still a high-barrier-entry job, so it'll take some time. But pressure is already here.
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Re:OpenAI is building a social network by player1234 on Thursday April 17, 2025 @06:10AM (#43714854)
Sure sounds like the trillion dollar killer app needed for ROI.
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