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Re:NSA Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dis... by dlmanning on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:54PM (#48667884)
> Personally I strongly reject the idea that labor displacement is unethical.

Oh, well if you STRONGLY reject it I guess that's it.

> It will be a serious problem to deal with, but that doesn't make it unethical.

What WOULD make it unethical?

> The steam engine displaced labor. That doesn't make it unethical.

The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.

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Re:NSA Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dis... by nl on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:58PM (#48667908)
> The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.

Indeed.

You make my point for me.

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Re:NSA Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dis... by wolvoleo on Thursday June 25, 2026 @12:23AM (#48668853)
What are those to be created jobs going to be doing that AI won't be able to?

There's two big differences with the steam machine: this change is happening much faster so society has much less time to adapt, and it's got a much wider scope. Steam machines only replaced a small category of jobs.

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