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Apart_Supermarket441 t1_jds4qjo wrote

Reply to comment by PaperbackBuddha in How are you viewing the prospect of retirement in the age of AI? by Veleric

Yeah.

The people that are going to lose their jobs - white collar workers - are not going to just sit around being unemployed. They will shift in to other work, probably less well payed than they’d like. The people previously in those jobs will then suddenly have more competition and will be forced to take jobs ‘below’ where they were previously…and so it goes on. Essentially, people will be forced to go down a rung on the ladder and the people right at the bottom will be pushed off.

I think what we’re likely to see at first - rather than a sudden glut of unemployed white collar workers - is wage stagnation and more unemployment ‘at the bottom’. There will be a lot of people taking on jobs that are way lower paid than they’d had previously, or been expecting. And there will be a palpable feeling that it’s getting more and more difficult to get work as there is increasing competition. We’re going to see a lot of general dissatisfaction with work.

The need for UBI will likely become apparent only gradually. This is all depends on a slow take off mind.

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Iffykindofguy t1_jdt5yfa wrote

This hinges on the myth that manual labor wont be impacted by this. It will be.

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GenoHuman t1_jdwxhrj wrote

Also the wages will be horrible because so many people will compete for the same jobs

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Paid-Not-Payed-Bot t1_jds4rkk wrote

> less well paid than they’d

FTFY.

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AsuhoChinami t1_jdsb4v5 wrote

I payed my bills yesterday

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Paid-Not-Payed-Bot t1_jdsb5vw wrote

> I paid my bills

FTFY.

Although payed exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:

  • Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

  • Payed out when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. The rope is payed out! You can pull now.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

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IcebergSlimFast t1_jdstjhg wrote

Well, this thread is fully payed out.

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Paid-Not-Payed-Bot t1_jdstkej wrote

> is fully paid out.

FTFY.

Although payed exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:

  • Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

  • Payed out when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. The rope is payed out! You can pull now.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

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cvek101 t1_jduj8kc wrote

I payed for my boat

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Embarrassed-Bison767 t1_jdvfem5 wrote

The bot is stumped now, no need to worry guys, just some more evidence that the singularity won't happen for another 123456789 more years :)

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