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If AI Takes Over, We Lose Our Jobs... BUT If AI Fails... We Also Lose Our Jobs...

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@Wojciech_Leszczyński
Treating tech billionaires as rockstars in need of fans and hype was incredibly stupid.
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@hoiiho21
It do be "but wait it gets worse" all the time
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@nekomakhea9440
"everyone keeps their jobs because AI is meh" being the scariest option is hilarious
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@bogatyr2473
It's important to remember why big business is so horny for AI. It's not about productivity or innovation, it's that if it pans out as advertised they can eliminate 30 to 50% of the workforce. That's the hype, permanently getting rid of half the workforce.
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@adish7673
Data centers out here consuming electricity like they’re trying to unlock Super Saiyan 3.
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@lakeofstardust
Mr Palantir hesitating at the question of human survival is something I'd expect from a satire sketch, wtf
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@Aurelyn
Government: "we don't do socialist welfare programs and free handouts" Also governments: **gives billion dollar handouts to trillion dollar companies**
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@K0r0k0_17
They told us that AI would file our taxes and do our laundry and instead it's trying to replace all the artists, writers, journalists and programmers.
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@robrift
Honestly one of the most horrifying things of AI is the sales pitch is basically pushing for obsolescence of humanity and people still love it
3602 likes
@zendera999
Tech Bros: “UBI? Oh yeah, we’re laying off 10s of thousands of workers now so we can pay 5x their salaries in taxes later to fund UBI. Totally guys, believe us.”😅
1548 likes
@flipdbit
Watching A.I. being pushed by management at a chemical company has been one of the most terrifying things I've witnessed.
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@kcfamilam5109
there was a proposed google datacenter in my area that would bring a whopping THIRTEEN jobs for locals
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@inktoxicant
Getting my Big A watch along pre-watch in
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@seanandile
AI is essentially a "Trust Me bro" industry, and American taxpayers are footing the bill.
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