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John Carter's avatar

This is a very good analysis. I have had similar thoughts, and for years now, even before ChatGPT, have advised teenagers to avoid university unless they intend to be eg engineers or doctors, because the majority of office jobs it prepares them for will be displaced by AI. As you note, there are political implications given the jobs that are resistant to automation.

I wonder if many of those displaced might find themselves working in agriculture - small permaculture farms, requiring intensive human labor to prosper but capable of producing high caloric return and greatly improved nourishment (minerals and such) as compared to industrial ag products. It would be ironic if the cyborg economy results in a return to 80% employment in agriculture. But there is a great need here, our food supply is terrible, and there are no technological solutions. And I think people would be happier.

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Darin Tuttle's avatar

The voting record of teachers is pretty interesting...

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