Comment by danaris

9 days ago

Yes, but during those transformations, the CEOs of the companies selling the products involved weren't actively and aggressively marketing them as being able to replace all the humans they employ.

You can't have it both ways: either LLMs are an amazing, revolutionary technology that can replace many human jobs in unprecedented ways, or it's going to be a mild transition that really only helps people.

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JumpCrisscross  9 days ago

> the CEOs of the companies selling the products involved weren't actively and aggressively marketing them as being able to replace all the humans they employ

The assembly line was explicitly about replacing skilled with relatively unskilled labor.

madaxe_again  9 days ago

That was exactly what a great many things were marketed as, such as the jacquard loom and dynamite.

What actually happened in each case was that employment went up for a good long while, as the efficiency boost to the sectors touched made investment far more viable. Eventually successive rounds of automation did reduce employment in each of weaving and mining, but it wasn’t an overnight catastrophe as initially advertised or feared.

zamadatix  9 days ago

It isn't the first time a new technology has been pitched to replace many worker's jobs, both successful and unsuccessful versions of the promise have come to pass several times.

I think what they are saying is "that something can replace a job does not inherently imply the next step is poverty". From that perspective, you can absolutely have it both (and many other combinations of) ways.

Sh0000reZ  9 days ago

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  • pesus  9 days ago

    How am I going to do any of that when I can't pay the bills and become homeless? That's what actually happens when you don't have jobs.

    • Sh0000reZ  9 days ago

      At this point money is essentially a social construct. None of the billionaires have a Scrooge McDuck vault full of gold coins.

      Think ST:TNG; automation makes enough stuff. Why worry about money?

      So focus on political action then; log off this VC funded freebie intended to ameliorate your feelings about the rich owners and operators of this site, and do like they do; tell government to make things right by you or we replace government.

      You think PG is sitting on the sidelines letting Congress figure out themselves? He's putting his thumb on the scale through his actions through social networking with politicians.

      Gotta leave the basement and do the work

      Americans are heavily propagandized and naive af. So exhausted by educated morons.

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