AI doesn't take jobs. It automates work, which is not the same thing. It makes your work easier while making you more productive with higher pay. Technology makes stuff cheaper, so you have more to spend on other stuff. That spending creates jobs. The reality is that the economy is booming and the unemployment rate has remained steady at 4%.
People thought that FORTRAN would eliminate programming jobs because it automated turning mathematical expressions into code. People thought that AI would eliminate programming jobs because it automated turning English into code. Neither happened. Instead of fewer jobs, we got jobs done faster. But people don't understand economics and politicians will tell people what they want to hear. That is why we had communism. On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 9:46 PM Mark Nuzz <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's more complicated than an "either or". We have ourselves > pretentious people in ivory towers telling people that they're not > allowed to get help from AI on a headache diagnosis, while their own > jobs are being eliminated for the "greater good of humanity", while > the cost savings are not passed onto customers (per Hacker News > commentary) or even shorter employee workweeks (ref: Meta's CTO). When > people are treated like this, they're going to vote against the noise. > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As if making it illegal to turn the world into paperclips will stop it from > > happening. But people are apparently more worried about data centers > > raising their electric bills. > > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T8d5b2f4ea82b5542-M8238c2a1e9fe45dc88628333 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
