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by MSFT_Edging 195 days ago
We missed our opportunity to actually organize during the boom as everyone thought their work was above unionization. Now layoffs are weaponized even more than before and the few left over tech jobs are valuable commodities that you hold onto for dear life.
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Before, you said:

> The actual "new luddites" have been screaming on here for years complaining about losing their careers over immature tech for the sake of reducing labor costs.

Implying that there is a critical organized mass that was aware of the possibility of layoffs.

You also said:

> Data centers are better guarded than some government institutions. New luddites can't exactly go in smashing the servers.

Implying that the only thing stopping this organized mass is the level of security in datacenters.

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Now you changed your opinion, and you portray a scenario with unhappy disorganized people that missed an opportunity.

I don't understand. It seems that you're just freestyling words.

I stand by my original assessment. This idea of a massive iminent backlash is mostly a fantasy, and although the layoffs are real, they're most likely due to the economic problems the US is facing right now.

Write that down: AI is going to settle into a disappointing miracle (like the microwave), and people will be mostly indifferent to it.