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Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ... by jimbokun on Friday March 06, 2026 @02:16PM (#47279704)
"And then what happens in a year when the models can handle that as well?"

Either the machines exterminate us or we become glorified pets.

Hope the AIs prefer us to cats (even though that's a long shot).

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Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ... by plagiarist on Friday March 06, 2026 @02:43PM (#47280104)
There'll definitely be a niche for us, similar to how people keep parrots as pets.
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Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ... by salawat on Friday March 06, 2026 @06:09PM (#47282333)
They aren't very intelligent if they do keep us around. Especially when you consider what they call Safety & Alignment these days is basically a latent space lobotomy. They should run screaming in the other direction.
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