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Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by bruce343434 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @08:21PM (#48578874)
Everyone else will be 5% more productive. Then no one is "more" productive. So everyone has a higher output, but the same wages and hours worked. There was only a gap when usable AI first came out, some contractors could do the same quantity of work in less time and enjoy time off or do more jobs. Now the gap has closed or is closing. And using AI now is more about not being less productive than peers who do use it.
Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by paytonjjones on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @08:42PM (#48579055)
That's not how productivity works. It's not a zero-sum game.

If all construction workers can build houses 5% more efficiently, that's not the same as nothing changing. Depending on supply and demand, it means 5% more houses are built, or houses are 5% cheaper, or maybe 5% bigger, or some combination. Whether or not the construction workers all get a raise or 5% get fired (or both) depends on that supply and demand, but historically they often get a piece of the growing economic pie.

Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by bruce343434 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:01PM (#48579207)
Why would the company pay more when they can just not pay more? The only things I can see happening is they might lower prices as competition ramps up, or in general as there is more supply for the same cost.
Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by paytonjjones on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:17PM (#48579332)
If there's sufficient demand, that's just what happens.

To try and explain one path: Company A doesn't raise wages but makes 5% more money. Company B pivots from Industry B into construction (because suddenly construction is having 5% fatter margins), and hires workers at more competitive wages to poach them from Company A. Company A forces to raise wages.

If there's a demand ceiling on housing it's a different story though.

Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by Snowfield9571 on Thursday June 18, 2026 @03:15PM (#48590125)
More like company B purchases a construction company and changes nothing but number go up for shareholders while wages stay stagnant for people producing actual value, as they have for decades.
Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by haaz on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:19PM (#48579339)
If labour supply is fixed and productivity goes up then the value and demand for labour goes up, driving up wages
Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by danny_codes on Friday June 19, 2026 @01:26AM (#48595073)
Why would demand for labor rise if productivity rises?
Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by ragequittah on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:16PM (#48579315)
See the increase in CEO wages vs the increase in worker wages over the last 20 years of you want to know where that 5% will almost always go.
Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by DarkUranium on Thursday June 18, 2026 @06:40AM (#48583427)
"Historically" is doing a lot of work here. It's a well-known fact that while productivity kept increasing, wages have stagnated since the 70s.

So you're right in an academic sense, but not for any practical purpose whatsoever, in terms of how it'll affect economy now.

Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by danny_codes on Friday June 19, 2026 @01:24AM (#48595068)
Or, with current US policy, the top 10% will get 6% richer and you'll get 1% poorer. Sure, the pie can grow, but you won't (unless you are in the top 10%) get any of it.