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by thrance 6 days ago
> The way through is to change the way you relate to your work, and to appreciate the fact that you can now produce far more output.

Yeah, just like artisans enjoyed being turned into assembly line workers in the industrial revolution. There was a movie starring Charlie Chaplin about how awesome that was.

If AI is truly useful for knowledge work, that will mean a huge downgrade to working conditions for knowledge workers, whose skills are no longer as valuable. And these workers will be alienated from their craft, just like artisans were.