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And last year they were all saying some variation on "don't worry, AI is not going to cost anyone their jobs."

Key take away for anyone is to never trust what an executive is saying. Much like a politician, if their lips are moving they are probably lying.

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[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 44 points 10 months ago

Reminder: the problem is 100% capitalism, 0% technology. We've built a truly perverse economic system in which eliminating labor hurts people.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 7 points 10 months ago

Who’s we? In the country I grew up in, you’d get two years of unemployment benefits (90% of your previous salary), free education and free student support of $1000/month while retraining. This country runs with a surplus and one of the lowest levels of foreign debt and, no, it’s not a financial haven/tax shelter.

It’s about how we structure society - let no one tell you otherwise, capitalism or not.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 6 points 10 months ago

I live in the UK now which is a modern feudal state and more or less a failed state. I grew up in Denmark though, which was the country I was referring to.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

No lies detected.

[-] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I have to say this, if you think UK is a modern feudal and a failed state then ya ain't seen nothin' yet!

[-] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

It hurst people not rich enough to be in the 1% or above. The 1% or above will benefit from it in the short term. In the long term it is going to hurt them as fewer and fewer people will be able to buy their products and services. At least for this quarter it'll look dynamite.

Capitalism is going to eat itself.

[-] quantum_mechanic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

We have Jack Welch to thank for this trend. It wasn't always that way.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

Or Henry Ford. Heck choose anyone in the Industrial revolution. Thats when this started truly kicking off.

[-] quantum_mechanic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, it was Jack Welch who started the braindead "line goes up" trend of making their share price raise by any means, usually layoffs. Before him, people still had jobs for life and were somwhat looked after by their employers. Behind the bastards podcast did a good episode on him.

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