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The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It (newrepublic.com)
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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also this bit

These costs could be ignored, or even accepted, if there was a clear idea of how precisely AI would streamline and improve the workplace

How about just improving life in general.

Work is not life.

Jobs are not life.

But even if it actually was perfect and actually intelligent and made work "easier" and more effixient, every single worked knows the end result will just be cutting jobs and making people work more.

If it makes every worker2x more efficient, its not going to be "oh, now you can all work 4 hours with your 2x output." Its going to be "half of you are fired and the rest of you work the same amount."