I decided to break down my several links into categories. This way, you know where to complain.
https://archive.ph/0eGzc https://archive.ph/MFJSk https://archive.ph/nbto1
Propaganda that Google can win the AI battle instead of be destroyed by it. They attack it at different angles, but have similar terms and ideas. Google likely paid for these articles in some way. The big thing is, the company is going full steam ahead into AI.
Low code/ no code promotional articles. Writers think they can make award winning apps with just a few clicks, because ChatGPT has taken their job. Little do they understand that this means their skills aren't needed in this field either.
OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, are looking to replace software engineering with their AI programs. Several white collar jobs to be lost, while actual programmers will be needed more.
3D printed houses are now being called automated housing because of all the other machines building stuff. Houses cost $200,000, which is way more than expected. The article says the need for labor drove the company in this direction. Not enough house builders and technicians, so automation has to step in.
It looks like a lot of different jobs are on the chopping block. AI could replace a lot of outsourcing work. Automation seems to be stepping into jobs no one wants. Lots of companies want in on this potential.
I don't think people appreciate how much disruption automation and AI will bring. What do we do with the many millions of people who are now unemployable and those who are reliant on retirement paid for by other workers? And the way it is progressing, it won't just be the unskilled jobs gone soon. Automation and AI is inevitable, its like trying to stop the creation of machines prior to the Industrial Revolution. If we ban it, other countries will be more than happy to allow it and encourage companies to move their investments to them.
For those who think that the masses will reject this so we don't have to worry, in the short term, primarily, the older generation will. But the younger generations have been raised around technology and will be far more comfortable with non-human service via self-service and AI like we see with self-service checkouts, app food ordering and AI based medical diagnosis. Particularly so if it is sold as convenient, 24-hour and more competent. For those who think everyone will become mechanics and technicians for the devices that replace them, they are smart enough now to self-diagnose faults and be designed and manufactured to be modular. Replacement of parts or devices will be cheap and quick. It will be a unskilled, low paid job at best.
Something people don't realise about machines and computers replacing human workers is that critics focus entirely on wages, particularly the "$15 an hour" line. Machines and computers do not need a break, don't need rest, don't need sleep, don't need a toilet break, don't go off ill and need sick pay, don't need a pension, don't need a holiday, don't need maternity or paternity leave, don't need time off to grieve, don't go on strike and don't need workers rights. You can't work 24/7 for pennies an hour which means you can't compete. The other problem is that employment is a privilege and you are not entitled to have someone give you a job or as a self-employed individual, become your customer.
Adding to this, the notion that there will be new jobs emerging as a result of this technological advance is also flawed. Any new industry that emerges as a result of AI will eventually be squashed because we'll be able to simply apply AI to the new task. This isn't the industrial revolution where we're simply making manual labor largely obsolete, we're now obsoleting the need to think and problem solve. It's going to be disastrous on a scale that few people are really contemplating right now.
The obvious short term result of this is all the idiots squawking for universal basic income, not realizing that once the people in power amass enough power and don't need them anymore, it becomes far more efficient to just let the filthy unwashed masses die off rather than care for them.
This whole thing is a civilizational catastrophe that we've yet to realize.
The industrial revolution destroyed the step system as it was set up. The majority had to change their jobs. Our best option is to figure out that next job and move toward it.
Most elites want to go back to the previous step system, just with pods and extra tech.
They still don't believe it. It's understandable to be skeptical, since technology has always been improving and we've always adapted. People can only imagine it getting better, faster, cheaper - like computers. They don't buy that machines will be able to wholly emulate what humans can do. That's science fiction.
Fortunately it's not going to happen overnight so we'll have time to adapt to this, but we may not like how that looks. I can imagine positive and dystopic outcomes.
There has been a lot of tech held back to slow things down. An engineering friend of mine has pointed out they can't slow down anymore and it's going to rubber band.
I'm not so sure it will be as slow as you suggest. All we need is a crisis such as mass unemployment brought about by a deep recession and humans are capable of bringing forth solutions very quickly.
Make the people who own all the shit robots are building pay for it.
The same companies that will have so much power to avoid paying tax and pension contributions?
This is why I'm in a job that's already been destroyed by automation. The people who are left, are a very particular customer crowd who have the option to use automation, but specifically seek out human-led options.
The odds of this market disappearing quickly is unlikely. Slowly as a zeitgeist moves on? Sure. But I'll be done by then, too.