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To: MinorityRepublican
AI is going to become huge. So it's going to be real easy to lay off remote workers?

There was a book published 10 years or so called "Bullshit Jobs". It pointed out that a huge percentage of modern jobs are just boring, repetitive work, done in cubicles, for no reason which is truly crucial for a company's survival.

Jobs in transportation, banking, insurance, law, advertising, politics (!), and lots more are often like this. People tapping on keyboards to create documents and ledgers and charts which no one really looks at or needs. You can be in the office, you can be remote. Doesn't matter. Because this type of work really doesn't matter. But millions of people are employed, doing this work that doesn't matter.

And AI can do it better, faster, cheaper. It's boring, mindless, repetitive work.

I think the number of eventual layoffs is going to be huge. Within the next 5 years.

34 posted on 03/24/2024 7:19:45 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I think the number of eventual layoffs is going to be huge. Within the next 5 years.

Seems like the corporations are getting prepared for that day. And some quality workers will get replaced too. We're not going to need code monkeys when AI can do it for you.

35 posted on 03/24/2024 7:24:08 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ClearCase_guy

If so, get ready for UBI.

I do think at least 30% of corporate jobs are useless. Likely higher.


36 posted on 03/24/2024 7:25:34 AM PDT by EEGator
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