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Construction for data centers?
by recursive 21d ago
Construction for data centers?
- regular_trash 21d agoWell clearly. But the above comment was about jobs that didn't exist before AI that AI will lead to the creation of. Tiktok arguably led to more datacenters being created, AI is not unique in this regard and it's silly to imply that datacenter jobs meaningfully contribute to employment on the same scale as the loss of jobs AI could potentially lead to.
- recursive 21d agoYeah. I didn't mean to imply that. I think it's going accelerate the concentration of wealth.
- reasonableklout 20d agoThis only works until general-purpose robotics gets good enough! There are certain jobs where the human connection fundamentally commands a premium (e.g. celebrities, sports players, the relational economy), but it's hard to imagine a world where this sector employs the majority of people. It would be a precarious existence as these jobs would be the first to go in a crisis such as a war, etc.
- recursive 20d agoI don't think it "works" at all. I believe the only parties that get a net benefit out of all this are basically the ownership class. They'll get some rental fees out of it. And they'll get a more direct lever to silently manipulate public sentiment. And the working class gets poorer, and more hooked on the dopamine machine.
- reasonableklout 20d agoOk, so we agree! What's next for workers? How can we push for redistribution?
- recursive 20d agoNo idea. If people get uncomfortable enough to take up pitchforks, maybe something will happen, but we're a very long way from that.