• iamthetot@piefed.ca
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    10 hours ago

    It feels like a distinction no one is strictly trying to make in this thread, to me. The OP picture says AI has made us unemployed. Commenter at top of chain says it has, and provided a source to show job loss due to AI.

    I mean, I just don’t think the people who have lost their jobs due to AI care much if it was because the AI directly replaced them or just made their former coworker more efficient.

    • roofuskit@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      It matters very much whenever discussing AI, as to whether AI is actually performing the jobs of workers who lost their jobs. There’s a very powerful marketing machine at work which is partially responsible for convincing businesses to make these speculative moves. Speculation and a bubble are killing jobs. “AI” is by and large is not replacing workers.