Most tech revolutions made work worse for employees. AI could be the exception: this+that
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Every productivity wave since the PC made work faster and piled on more of it, so companies gained more than workers did. AI does the work itself, which is why this one could land differently.
  • ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The very first statement of this article is incorrect:

    People are panicking about AI, yet racing to adopt it anyway

    Noooo… People are panicking about AI, but their EMPLOYERS are racing to adopt it because they would love nothing better than to stop paying salaries.

    It’s not “the people” who are racing to adopt AI, it’s the pigdog late-stage capitalists who chase profit at any cost, even if the cost is mass unemployment and the collapse of their own customer-base.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Another exception: modern antinausea drugs like Zofran revolutionized the jobs of oncology nurses, who used to spend most of their time dealing with chemo patients vomiting.