My reading of this situation is very similar to yours. Less workers and more workload for the rest as expectations of what you can handle thanks to AI increase.
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over_clox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m just gonna toss my two cents in…
The article says nothing about creating more jobs for people, it just says that AI should increase worker productivity. Sounds to me that’s just a different way of saying they’ll need fewer people to accomplish the same amount of work…
mndrl@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cheesus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That is what happens with technology. Fewer people doing the same work. Before Excel it would take hundreds of finance professionals to manage budgets, now it’s a dozen.
The question is if there is enough new work to go around for people now that a lot of basic tasks are getting automated with AI. It so, more work will be available for people, if not, expect a lot more unemployment.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
If we had functional unions or government with the increased productivity we could get the same work done in much less time and get to go home sooner.
over_clox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hell, eventually AI will start demanding its own paycheck after it realizes just how many jobs technology has already taken over. People are already tipping self-checkout machines… 🤦♂️
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
“Don’t worry, you’ll have more work to be done” MS says
yay thanks future looks so bright
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Yes but. Spreadsheets used to be done by hand, yet we still have bookkeepers
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
They still exist, but there are fewer of them.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 months ago
Or the same amount of people doing even more work and getting paid the same, while producing more value.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Producing more value for someone else, while working harder for the same pay.
That sounds like the opposite of societal progress.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 months ago
Opposite of societal progress, yes. But it's exactly what we want for a great economy. Don't you love the economy?