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I remember when they told us that computers would revolutionize society, with work being done so much more quickly that humanity would have so much more leisure time to enjoy the fruits of the labor being done by transistors rather than humans,

They probably said that about the internet too. And they'll say it about AI. It's amazing that productivity continues to improve almost exponentially, but we still don't have all that leisure time that we were promised again and again. It's almost like something or someone(s) is sucking up all that improvement into a black hole of wealth for itself.

Almost..

poe😱 2y ago

But at the same time I don't see all that reasonably replacing manual labor unless it's from top down and all the small laborors are snuffed out by some corporation with enough money to actually automate everything.

Even as a machine operator, with basic programming skills. Someone still needs to make the stuff. Someone still needs to perform maintenance. Someone still needs to change the tools. All this talk of automation might work for a chash register, but I don't see it replacing skilled workers.

So I guess I'll just work til I'm dead for bad money. Or save in a better one 🤷🌽🫡

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