Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Lionel B Dyck 
Please take this discussion offline. 

Lionel B. Dyck <
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Worry more about your character than your reputation.  Character is what you 
are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden 

> On May 2, 2023, at 9:14 PM, Bill Johnson 
> <0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> Capitalism is America. Taxpayer funded subsidies for oil companies who are 
> making record profits off of a non capitalist organization called OPEC+. Farm 
> subsidies for farms mostly owned by massive conglomerates. Pharmaceutical 
> companies whose research is funded by taxpayers. Capitalism is a catchphrase 
> only.
> 
> Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study 
> shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved 
> between 2010 and 2019
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:33 PM, Mike Schwab  wrote:
> 
> A lot of the programs that got the U.S. of of the great depression was
> authored by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. V.P 1941-44.
> He recorded his Century of the Common Man speech
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKrIdSPkHI .
> Corporate delegate blocked his nomination for VP in 1944, I think the
> world would have been much better if he had been in instead of Truman
> 
>> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM Bill Johnson
>> <0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, 
>> schools, insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and 
>> much more. Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser 
>> educated. There are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your 
>> success is from socialism. Reminds me of this.
>> 
>> 
>> An oldie but goodie
>> 
>> Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his 
>> morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging 
>> liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow 
>> of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take 
>> because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that 
>> they work as advertised.
>> 
>> All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
>> because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
>> insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon 
>> and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought 
>> for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
>> 
>> In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
>> labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because 
>> some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his 
>> body and how much it contained.
>> 
>> Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
>> clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
>> industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
>> government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in 
>> parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for 
>> affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be 
>> a contributor.
>> 
>> Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
>> benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
>> union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer 
>> pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to 
>> call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a 
>> worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't 
>> think he should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary 
>> misfortune.
>> 
>> It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
>> Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
>> wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the 
>> banking system before the Great Depression.
>> 
>> Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
>> federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
>> government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
>> his lifetime.
>> 
>> Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
>> home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
>> safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car 
>> safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third 
>> generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration 
>> because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Bill Johnson 
Capitalism is America. Taxpayer funded subsidies for oil companies who are 
making record profits off of a non capitalist organization called OPEC+. Farm 
subsidies for farms mostly owned by massive conglomerates. Pharmaceutical 
companies whose research is funded by taxpayers. Capitalism is a catchphrase 
only.

Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study 
shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved 
between 2010 and 2019


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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:33 PM, Mike Schwab  wrote:

A lot of the programs that got the U.S. of of the great depression was
authored by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. V.P 1941-44.
He recorded his Century of the Common Man speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKrIdSPkHI .
Corporate delegate blocked his nomination for VP in 1944, I think the
world would have been much better if he had been in instead of Truman

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM Bill Johnson
<0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
> LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, 
> schools, insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much 
> more. Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. 
> There are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is 
> from socialism. Reminds me of this.
>
>
> An oldie but goodie
>
> Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his 
> morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal 
> fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, 
> he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some 
> stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as 
> advertised.
>
> All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
> because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
> insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and 
> eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for 
> laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
>
> In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
> labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because 
> some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his 
> body and how much it contained.
>
> Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
> clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
> industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
> government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in 
> parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for 
> affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be 
> a contributor.
>
> Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
> benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
> union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer 
> pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to 
> call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a 
> worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't 
> think he should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary 
> misfortune.
>
> It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
> Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
> wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the 
> banking system before the Great Depression.
>
> Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
> federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
> government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
> his lifetime.
>
> Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
> home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
> safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety 
> standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to 
> live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers 
> didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some 
> big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded 
> rural electrification.
>
> He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social 
> Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating 
> liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
>
> Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. 
> The radio host keeps saying that liberals are ba

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Bill Johnson 
Al Gore would have been infinitely better than Bush II. The Supreme Court 
conservative majority picked their boy. 2 wars and 9/11 later, the money spent 
fighting useless wars is still being paid. The economic prosperity of the post 
WWII decades would be hard to beat. The middle class in America boomed under 
mostly democratic presidents. Taxes on wealth were high but didn’t slow the 
incredible growth in the US. Speculation on Wallace is nothing but pure 
speculation. 


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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:33 PM, Mike Schwab  wrote:

A lot of the programs that got the U.S. of of the great depression was
authored by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. V.P 1941-44.
He recorded his Century of the Common Man speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKrIdSPkHI .
Corporate delegate blocked his nomination for VP in 1944, I think the
world would have been much better if he had been in instead of Truman

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM Bill Johnson
<0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
> LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, 
> schools, insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much 
> more. Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. 
> There are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is 
> from socialism. Reminds me of this.
>
>
> An oldie but goodie
>
> Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his 
> morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal 
> fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, 
> he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some 
> stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as 
> advertised.
>
> All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
> because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
> insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and 
> eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for 
> laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
>
> In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
> labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because 
> some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his 
> body and how much it contained.
>
> Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
> clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
> industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
> government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in 
> parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for 
> affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be 
> a contributor.
>
> Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
> benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
> union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer 
> pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to 
> call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a 
> worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't 
> think he should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary 
> misfortune.
>
> It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
> Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
> wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the 
> banking system before the Great Depression.
>
> Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
> federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
> government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
> his lifetime.
>
> Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
> home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
> safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety 
> standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to 
> live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers 
> didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some 
> big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded 
> rural electrification.
>
> He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social 
> Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating 
> liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
>
> Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. 
> The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conserva

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Mike Schwab 
A lot of the programs that got the U.S. of of the great depression was
authored by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. V.P 1941-44.
He recorded his Century of the Common Man speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKrIdSPkHI .
Corporate delegate blocked his nomination for VP in 1944, I think the
world would have been much better if he had been in instead of Truman

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM Bill Johnson
<0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
> LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, 
> schools, insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much 
> more. Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. 
> There are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is 
> from socialism. Reminds me of this.
>
>
> An oldie but goodie
>
> Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his 
> morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal 
> fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, 
> he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some 
> stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as 
> advertised.
>
> All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
> because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
> insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and 
> eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for 
> laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
>
> In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
> labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because 
> some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his 
> body and how much it contained.
>
> Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
> clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
> industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
> government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in 
> parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for 
> affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be 
> a contributor.
>
> Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
> benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
> union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer 
> pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to 
> call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a 
> worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't 
> think he should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary 
> misfortune.
>
> It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
> Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
> wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the 
> banking system before the Great Depression.
>
> Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
> federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
> government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
> his lifetime.
>
> Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
> home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
> safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety 
> standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to 
> live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers 
> didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some 
> big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded 
> rural electrification.
>
> He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social 
> Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating 
> liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
>
> Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. 
> The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. 
> He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every 
> protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.
>
> Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! 
> After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of 
> themselves, just like I have."
>
>
>
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>
>
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:33 PM, Steve Thompson  wrote:
>
> It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA
> was based on the rights of the individual and giving

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Bill Johnson 
I’ll bet you are a first amendment absolutist? 


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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:20 PM, Doug  wrote:

Do you have any idea what this forum is for?

THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE!

KEEP YOUR WORTHLESS OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!!!

Doug

-- Original Message --
From: "Bill Johnson" <0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
Sent: 02-May-23 20:50:12
Subject: Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs 
with AI

>LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, schools, 
>insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much more. 
>Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. There 
>are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is from 
>socialism. Reminds me of this.
>
>
>An oldie but goodie
>
>Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his 
>morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal 
>fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, 
>he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some 
>stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as 
>advertised.
>
>All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
>because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
>insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and 
>eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for 
>laws to regulate the meat packing industry.
>
>In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
>labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some 
>crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body 
>and how much it contained.
>
>Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
>clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
>industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
>government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking 
>and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable 
>public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a 
>contributor.
>
>Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
>benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
>union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays 
>these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the 
>union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker 
>compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he 
>should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary misfortune.
>
>It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
>Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
>wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking 
>system before the Great Depression.
>
>Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
>federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
>government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
>his lifetime.
>
>Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
>home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
>safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety 
>standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to 
>live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers 
>didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some 
>big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded 
>rural electrification.
>
>He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social 
>Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal 
>made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
>
>Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. 
>The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. 
>He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every 
>protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.
>
>Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! 
>After all, I'm a self-made man who believes ev

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Bill Johnson 
The word capitalism isn’t in any founding documents. The word capitalism was 
coined by Thackeray in the novel The Newcomes in 1854 and meant having 
ownership of capital. America was founded by rich white guys who annihilated 
the Native Americans, treated women as property, and used slave labor, brought 
here against their will, to build America. Only land owners, meaning the rich, 
could vote. Everything good in America was produced by liberals. Labor unions 
should be thanked for your employer provided vacations and benefits. Because 
they fought for them. Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid helped lift the 
elderly out of poverty, civil rights was a Democrat priority, the ACA covers 35 
million people.


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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:54 PM, Seymour J Metz  wrote:

3/5


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Steve Thompson 
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 8:32 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA
was based on the rights of the individual and giving them
opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This
is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least.

WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We
the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for
safety, then we deserve neither.

Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got
in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the
Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it).

So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase
their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to
prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs
be implemented at the hardware level while we still can.

Steve Thompson

On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote:
> I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & 
> redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher 
> taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went 
> mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return for 
> the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the donations he 
> made in 2016.
>
> AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop 
> further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. Finland 
> has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US cities have 
> tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. Most countries 
> not spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates them higher than 
> the US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1)
>
> You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. 
> Higher crime & earlier deaths to name two.
>
> Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help.
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom  wrote:
>
> Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this 
> and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and 
> negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc.  It makes the 
> divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a 
> necessity.  One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the 
> chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities.  It’s not just 
> technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be factored 
> in.
>
> Matt Hogstrom
>
> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
> — Hogstrom
>
>
>
>> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:
>>
>> So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out 
>> in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.
>>
>>
>> Lionel B. Dyck <><
>> Website: 
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>> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
>>
>> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you 
>> are, reputation merely what others think you are.”  - -

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Doug 

Do you have any idea what this forum is for?

THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE!

KEEP YOUR WORTHLESS OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!!!

Doug

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To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu
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Subject: Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs 
with AI



LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, schools, 
insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much more. 
Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. There 
are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is from 
socialism. Reminds me of this.


An oldie but goodie

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning 
coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought 
for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes 
his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid 
commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and 
eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws 
to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some 
crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body 
and how much it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking 
and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable 
public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays 
these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the 
union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker 
compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he 
should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary misfortune.

It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking 
system before the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
his lifetime.

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety 
standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live 
in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't 
want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some 
big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural 
electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social 
Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal 
made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The 
radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He 
doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every 
protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.

Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After 
all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like 
I have."



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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:33 PM, Steve Thompson  wrote:

It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA
was based on the rights of the individual and giving them
opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This
is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least.

WE the

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Seymour J Metz 
3/5


From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List  on behalf of 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 8:32 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA
was based on the rights of the individual and giving them
opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This
is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least.

WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We
the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for
safety, then we deserve neither.

Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got
in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the
Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it).

So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase
their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to
prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs
be implemented at the hardware level while we still can.

Steve Thompson

On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote:
> I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & 
> redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher 
> taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went 
> mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return for 
> the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the donations he 
> made in 2016.
>
> AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop 
> further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. Finland 
> has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US cities have 
> tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. Most countries 
> not spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates them higher than 
> the US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1)
>
> You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. 
> Higher crime & earlier deaths to name two.
>
> Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help.
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom  wrote:
>
> Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this 
> and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and 
> negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc.  It makes the 
> divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a 
> necessity.  One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the 
> chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities.  It’s not just 
> technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be factored 
> in.
>
> Matt Hogstrom
>
> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
> — Hogstrom
>
>
>
>> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:
>>
>> So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out 
>> in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.
>>
>>
>> Lionel B. Dyck <><
>> Website: 
>> https://secure-web.cisco.com/1vnsxOkODc718OmdhU96pTtvaXo3oiAfFZeiO6s99lA8huULFBAeKswkWbbfogfaIZ27Phf6Vs0L02Bp4Z8Q12llH36oVA6Y8HJnyjNMhzmzBEfhyc7zGjLnxMFB6bjEm1sJbwTN-dqfiw1KQX-HiHi1WfihtJH-HX2lnF7mIXNBaXXnssKd1PSKx9tNOUBMA7_E4sf7rHeRby6AUoaSys4Vbm-m_5ZzHbRm_jOR1h6Q7upVQftCZcu0juWImL4jVl8u9J8Y3s138ceCv_m__L-hG0__qFr_WrqWnx3HEtwQ5lPj9rWfx7HyBUnq8ZhwIms9AQTjMZfuEhB-LCv8EhvWUeU8edXTdbqgpLDVEGL0e1gFzgDOzK9Bu7SYpve50yql_dttpML40bJS1wAdziWFTs-aIzt38NTrx-HE_7TU/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbdsoftware.com
>> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
>>
>> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you 
>> are, reputation merely what others think you are.”  - - - John Wooden
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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Bill Johnson 
LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, schools, 
insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much more. 
Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. There 
are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is from 
socialism. Reminds me of this.


An oldie but goodie

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning 
coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought 
for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes 
his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid 
commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. 

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan 
because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical 
insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and 
eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws 
to regulate the meat packing industry. 

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly 
labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some 
crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body 
and how much it contained. 

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is 
clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop 
industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his 
government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking 
and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable 
public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a 
contributor. 

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical 
benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal 
union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays 
these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the 
union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker 
compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he 
should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary misfortune. 

It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. 
Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal 
wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking 
system before the Great Depression. 

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market 
federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the 
government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over 
his lifetime. 

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm 
home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the 
safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety 
standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live 
in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't 
want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some 
big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural 
electrification. 

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social 
Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal 
made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. 

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The 
radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He 
doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every 
protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. 

Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! 
After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of 
themselves, just like I have." 



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On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:33 PM, Steve Thompson  wrote:

It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA 
was based on the rights of the individual and giving them 
opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This 
is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least.

WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We 
the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for 
safety, then we deserve neither.

Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got 
in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the 
Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it).

So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase 
their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to 
pre

Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Steve Thompson 
It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA 
was based on the rights of the individual and giving them 
opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This 
is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least.


WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We 
the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for 
safety, then we deserve neither.


Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got 
in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the 
Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it).


So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase 
their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to 
prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs 
be implemented at the hardware level while we still can.


Steve Thompson

On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote:

I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & 
redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher taxes 
on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went mostly to the 
top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return for the 30 million he 
gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the donations he made in 2016.

AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop 
further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. Finland 
has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US cities have 
tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. Most countries not 
spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates them higher than the 
US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1)

You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. Higher 
crime & earlier deaths to name two.

Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom  wrote:

Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this and 
consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and negative, 
consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc.  It makes the divide worse and 
causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a necessity.  One of 
my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the chasm to make a living 
given some of his disabilities.  It’s not just technology but there is an 
increasing societal consideration to be factored in.

Matt Hogstrom

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom




On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:

So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out in 
the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.


Lionel B. Dyck <><
Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
Github: https://github.com/lbdyck

“Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you 
are, reputation merely what others think you are.”  - - - John Wooden


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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Bill Johnson 
I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & 
redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher 
taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went 
mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return for 
the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the donations he 
made in 2016.

AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop 
further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. Finland 
has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US cities have 
tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. Most countries not 
spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates them higher than the 
US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1)

You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. Higher 
crime & earlier deaths to name two.

Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom  wrote:

Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this and 
consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and negative, 
consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc.  It makes the divide worse and 
causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a necessity.  One of 
my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the chasm to make a living 
given some of his disabilities.  It’s not just technology but there is an 
increasing societal consideration to be factored in.

Matt Hogstrom

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom



> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:
> 
> So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out in 
> the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.
> 
> 
> Lionel B. Dyck <><
> Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
> 
> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you 
> are, reputation merely what others think you are.”  - - - John Wooden


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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Farley, Peter 
All hail Skynet!

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I for one would like to see the "decision makers" replaced by AI and leave the 
technical folks in place.
Think of the high paying salaries that could be eliminated!

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:0 AM Lance D. Jackson < 
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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Steve Horein 
I for one would like to see the "decision makers" replaced by AI and leave
the technical folks in place.
Think of the high paying salaries that could be eliminated!

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:02 AM Lance D. Jackson <
ljack...@pandrueassociates.com> wrote:

>
> https://seekingalpha.com/news/3963147-ibm-pauses-some-hiring-amid-plans-to-replace-7800-jobs-with-ai?mailingid=31343481
> <
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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread ITschak Mugzach 
I wonder what IBM missed from the Watson project experience. We used to
say: 'Once bitten, twice shy'. However, there are such people. I have a
friend that got married for the third time...

ITschak

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On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM Matt Hogstrom  wrote:

> Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like
> this and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary,
> and negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc.  It makes
> the divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth
> as a necessity.  One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty
> crossing the chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities.  It’s
> not just technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be
> factored in.
>
> Matt Hogstrom
>
> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
> — Hogstrom
>
>
>
> > On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:
> >
> > So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting
> out in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.
> >
> >
> > Lionel B. Dyck <><
> > Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
> > Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
> >
> > “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what
> you are, reputation merely what others think you are.”   - - - John Wooden
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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Matt Hogstrom 
Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this and 
consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and negative, 
consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc.  It makes the divide worse and 
causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a necessity.  One of 
my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the chasm to make a living 
given some of his disabilities.  It’s not just technology but there is an 
increasing societal consideration to be factored in.

Matt Hogstrom

“It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."
— Hogstrom



> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck  wrote:
> 
> So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out in 
> the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.
> 
> 
> Lionel B. Dyck <><
> Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck
> 
> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you 
> are, reputation merely what others think you are.”   - - - John Wooden


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Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

2023-05-02 Thread Lionel B. Dyck 
So sad.  No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out in 
the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities.


Lionel B. Dyck <><
Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com
Github: https://github.com/lbdyck

“Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you 
are, reputation merely what others think you are.”   - - - John Wooden

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Subject: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI

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