Comment on CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024

eksb@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, what’s unfortunate about CEO predictions is that they can kind of just will their expected result into being by acting on it whether it’s sound or not.

  Still, I think it’s well past time we started preparing for high surplus labor. We’re already in the early stages of post scarcity, and if we don’t embrace something like socialism, we’re getting more dystopia.

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  • Asafum@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have absofuckinglutley no faith whatsoever in our society to do the right thing in this respect. We value ownership waytoofuckingmuch when it comes to businesses, were never going to get past the argument of “I put forward the capital for this business, I am entitled to all of the profits. Who cares that there is no work for you? No work no pay.”

    I forsee a gigantic increase in homelessness and politicians will use that as an excuse to further cut any social spending as they’ll pin all our issues on “communist policies.” :(

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    • andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are you familiar with the term “capitalist realism”?

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      • Asafum@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not in that term, but as a concept. I do know it now though so thanks!

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