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Old 09-17-2025, 02:34 PM
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I wonder if old dudes said this about Excel.

Yep they did.
Again, a non-sequitur from shovelquest.

Your "gotcha" takes do not follow proper logical order.
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Old 09-17-2025, 03:30 PM
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Again, a non-sequitur from shovelquest.

Your "gotcha" takes do not follow proper logical order.
well i gotcha!

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Old 09-17-2025, 03:05 PM
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There already aren't enough jobs. Keeping everyone employed already depends on copious amounts of bullshit jobs that could easily be replaced by an LLM, as well as countless other non-bullshit professions where the entire left half of the IQ curve could be replaced by an LLM working under a human supervisor.

The first wave of industrial automation led to the modern welfare state, unemployment benefits, medicare, social security, etc. Hopefully if we're indeed in a new wave of intellectual automation, it leads to universal basic income. I want to do work that I want to do, for the sake of myself, my life, friends and family, and personal fulfillment... not out of coercion.
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Old 09-17-2025, 03:31 PM
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There already aren't enough jobs. Keeping everyone employed already depends on copious amounts of bullshit jobs that could easily be replaced by an LLM, as well as countless other non-bullshit professions where the entire left half of the IQ curve could be replaced by an LLM working under a human supervisor.

The first wave of industrial automation led to the modern welfare state, unemployment benefits, medicare, social security, etc. Hopefully if we're indeed in a new wave of intellectual automation, it leads to universal basic income. I want to do work that I want to do, for the sake of myself, my life, friends and family, and personal fulfillment... not out of coercion.
There is not a lack of jobs. We're in a labor shortage and have been for a long time. There might be a lack of overcompensated jobs, but there's plenty of opportunities to be a personal masseuse on a private island estate.
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Old 09-17-2025, 03:37 PM
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the entire left half of the IQ curve could be replaced
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Old 09-17-2025, 06:09 PM
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There already aren't enough jobs. Keeping everyone employed already depends on copious amounts of bullshit jobs that could easily be replaced by an LLM, as well as countless other non-bullshit professions where the entire left half of the IQ curve could be replaced by an LLM working under a human supervisor.

The first wave of industrial automation led to the modern welfare state, unemployment benefits, medicare, social security, etc. Hopefully if we're indeed in a new wave of intellectual automation, it leads to universal basic income. I want to do work that I want to do, for the sake of myself, my life, friends and family, and personal fulfillment... not out of coercion.
idk man, there are lots of jobs which could be done. The local authority could take household waste more frequently. More litter picking and street sweeping. Smaller class sizes so more teachers per student. Better road maintainance.

There are tonnes of jobs which aren't getting done but would benefit us all.
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idk man, there are lots of jobs which could be done. The local authority could take household waste more frequently. More litter picking and street sweeping. Smaller class sizes so more teachers per student. Better road maintainance.

There are tonnes of jobs which aren't getting done but would benefit us all.
I would love it if we would tax the fuck out of any and all wealth in excess of $1billion and use it on jobs like this, but alas. We're gonna be $37 trillion in debt, get nothing, and like it.
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I would love it if we would tax the fuck out of any and all wealth in excess of $1billion and use it on jobs like this, but alas. We're gonna be $37 trillion in debt, get nothing, and like it.
Wealth tax causes capital flight and regime change, so I don't think you actually mean a wealth tax.

Shifting tax burden go brrrr.

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Old 09-17-2025, 07:44 PM
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Someone answering the phone when you call the doctor would be nice.
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Someone answering the phone when you call the doctor would be nice.
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