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the primary reason no one trusts the pro-ai stance of “tech always replaces jobs, move on to the next job” is because ai is promising to replace jobs people who get laid off typically turn to, for example, uber driving. there’s zero welfare state in the US. what’s there to do?

Like, I know that for techbros lack of foresight is a prerequisite, but it really is wild how surprised they are when people push back on their, "in our glorious future you'll all be unemployed and poor; isn't that awesome!?" bullshit.

The problem is that TechBros and all people above a certain wealth level currently totally forget that in a consumer goods based economy somone has to buy things. So if they employ no one anymore, or lower wages even further, they shovel their own graves.