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Re: It's great that AI is taking over jobs, I'm just afraid that...
by
lizarder
on 30/11/2024, 16:04:26 UTC
When the first machine was invented, people thought workers could take it easy. But what happened? More factories appeared, the workload increased, and capitalists were all smiles, while workers still had to toil away. When computers first came out, we thought we could say goodbye to pen and paper. But what happened? Now, we can't even go to the bathroom without taking our laptops, afraid of missing an email. And don't even get me started on phones—we thought they would broaden our horizons, but our view has shrunk to the size of a screen. Many jobs are now completed with AI assistance, and tasks that used to take three days now have to be done in one. Keynes once said that by the end of the 20th century, technological advancement would reduce the average workweek to 15 hours, but maybe only the Nordic countries have achieved that.
We live in a technologically advanced world and perhaps we need to adapt to it so that we can better appreciate the evolving life and if we can’t accept it all then prepare for life to be harder. If convenience can be created to make work easier why don't we try to take advantage of it and now in the midst of sophisticated technology there are more and more ways for people to make money even though they are just sitting in front of a computer screen. The level of security and fraud can be minimized as long as we understand the form of the technology and what needs to be considered is that we know what needs to be kept secret and not made public.

Large companies will try to cut jobs to be more efficient and the availability of increasingly developing technology will make them feel at an advantage. Then what about people who are under pressure in conditions of losing their jobs, do they quit or will they improve themselves to accept technology and use it, it all depends on how people can use it.