Comment by jappgar
8 hours ago
I doubt hobbyists would describe their hobby as purgatory.
I doubt the laborer would describe their toil as "craft".
8 hours ago
I doubt hobbyists would describe their hobby as purgatory.
I doubt the laborer would describe their toil as "craft".
> I doubt hobbyists would describe their hobby as purgatory.
Programmers have become accustomed to a lot of cultural and financial respect for their work. That's about to disappear. How do you think radio actors felt when they were displaced by movies? Or silent film actors when they were displaced by talkies?
> I doubt the laborer would describe their toil as "craft".
Intellectual labor is labor. I'm a laborer in programming and I definitely consider it a craft. I think a lot of people here at HN do.
And they were and are of course right to feel those feelings, but it doesn't change the fact that the world is changing. Rarely do large changes benefit everyone in the world.
> And they were and are of course right to feel those feelings, but it doesn't change the fact that the world is changing. Rarely do large changes benefit everyone in the world.
I'm not sure who you are arguing against. No one here said that the world isn't changing. But it seems to me that the people who are disadvantaged by AI, which is potentially everyone who doesn't own a data center, should take efforts to ensure their continued survival, instead of merely becoming serfs to the ruling oligarchs.