[oceanplexian]

What’s so romantic about working in factories? Automation and robotics will accelerate the economy the same way information technology did, and humans will work on better problems than performing repeated tasks on an assembly line or flipping burgers.

There are arguably more jobs today as a result of computers than there were before they were invented. So why is the assumption that AI will magically delete all jobs while discounting the fact that it will create careers we haven’t even thought of?

[gyomu]

> humans will work on better problems than performing repeated tasks on an assembly line or flipping burgers.

Haha. The current wave of “careers we couldn’t think of” that tech companies have created include being Uber/Doordash/Amazon delivery drivers, data labelers for training AIs, moderator to prevent horrific content spreading on social networks,… with way weaker social benefits & protections than the blue collar jobs of old they replaced.

So yeah, I have a hard time buying this fantasy of everyone doing some magical fulfilling work while AI does all the ugly work, especially when every executive out there is plainly stating that their ideal outcome is replacing 90% of their workforce with AI.

With the way things are headed, AI will take over large economic niches, and humans will fill in at the edges doing the grimy things AI can’t do, with ever diminishing social mobility and safety nets while AI company executives become trillionaires.

[vel0city]

I actually see robot food delivery services around me, so it might not even be long before those Doordash jobs get replaced by automation. Now I see neighbors starting to get drone deliveries from time to time. Starship used to deliver to the datacenter I used before (it was technically on a college campus but unaffiliated), and I had a coupon for free ice cream delivered through Wing the other day.

https://www.starship.xyz/

https://wing.com/

[FrancisMoodie]

> So why is the assumption that AI will magically delete all jobs while discounting the fact that it will create careers we haven’t even thought of?

I think that in a vacuum you could reasonably believe that this might be the case but I feel like it isn't just about the technology these days, it's about the hunger c-suites and tech companies have for replacing workforce with ai and/or automation. It's quite clear that layoffs and mass adoption of AI/automation raises shareholder value so there is no incentive to create new jobs.

Will there be an organic shift away from Tech/IT/Computers into new fields? It might, but I think it's a bit naive to think that this will be proportionate to the careers AI will make redundant when there is such a big focus on eliminating as much jobs as possible in lieu of AI.

[ipaddr]

The hope is that we have no employment and we moved into a different form of society where AI takes care of us and allows us to focus on more spiritual meaningful things.

For now AI is deleting many of the jobs the computer created.

The reality is we will more likely end up in a society where wealth/power at the very top will grow and the masses will be controlled by AI.

[listenallyall]

more than controlled, enslaved - 24/7 location monitoring (but also no need to ever go anywhere, as everything will be delivered), "perfect" nutrition (fed via IV or tasteless shakes), only "intelligent" conversation taking place between you and an AI agent (even if initially resistant, AI will successfully convince you to drop ties to relatives, friends, that is if ever allowed to make friends), all news delivered via AI-curated channels but is meaningless anyway since AI can create fake video of any leader or important person committing crimes, lying, etc, also all evidence of YOU committing a crime, or just embarrassing stuff like having a sex drive will be recorded and used as blackmail. A "job" to keep you occupied much of the day but your output is never actually needed and discarded by your AI agent "boss".

How is this not entirely obvious to everyone that this is the future? Could be 20, 50, 100 years, but coming for sure.