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16. That's the plan.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2025, 06:18 AM

May 2025

Our esteemed oligarchs think white collar workers can get jobs in factories that will re-locate to the US after Liberation Day. Alternatively, they can work in the fields or meat packing plants. Or they can do landscaping. All those things “favored” by undocumented workers who will be sent “home”.

A better idea is to do Content Creation using AI tools. One idea: make lots of short little U-tube comedies ridiculing oligarchs.

Meanwhile, AI is going to create jobs, too. I saw a little delivery robot in Helsinki a couple of days ago, chugging along on one of the many nice wide sidewalks. It politely stopped for anyone walking by. There’s a little company running those things, enabled by fine public infrastructure.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/25222-finnish-grocery-chain-expands-robotic-delivery-to-over-100-stores-by-year-end.html

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A White-Collar Bloodbath Is Coming [View all] applegrove May 2025 OP

I think the same thing. The billionaires no longer need worker bees. Irish_Dem May 2025 #1

Counterpoint: AI is junk Bad Thoughts May 2025 #2

I hope you are right. applegrove May 2025 #3

Depends on the version, some is very good... Not bet-your-life good, but way better than many people lostnfound May 2025 #7

Yes. Good points. And Anthropic's Claude is probably the best of AI's out there. ancianita May 2025 #11

AI doesn't unionize, take vacations, sleep, complain about the dirty foreigners stealing its jobs, etc. IronLionZion May 2025 #9

I have heard this "automation" is going to destroy almost all jobs b.s. forever. valleyrogue May 2025 #14

H-1B has already pretty much wiped out entry level jobs RandomNumbers May 2025 #4

I'm old enough to remember what the world was like before Tarzanrock May 2025 #5

If people aren't working, they aren't buying stuff.AI could kill capitalism. OAITW r.2.0 May 2025 #6

Yes, there's that a point also. The concentration may be 5% working and rich; 15% "essential", and 50% gig.work lostnfound May 2025 #17

Won't be long before... 2naSalit May 2025 #8

Weirdly like an anti-industrial revolution Red Mountain May 2025 #10

Butlerian Jihad, anyone? LudwigPastorius May 2025 #13

Artificial Intelligence doesn't have a union... Jack Valentino May 2025 #12

Technology and automation are coming for blue and white collar jobs Amishman May 2025 #15

That's the plan. thought crime May 2025 #16