The most inspiring CEO stories come from workers who rose from entry-level positions at their firms to the top. What happens when AI takes those jobs away?
  • thegr8goldfish@startrek.website
    25·
    10 hours ago

    The end of jobs is actually a good thing if we can commit to taking care of one another and prioritizing the safety of the human race over the desires of billionaires. So, we’re probably fucked.

  • andallthat@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 hours ago

    I don’t know how to reconcile all these studies saying that AI productivity gains have not materialized and that AI agents are atill uncapable of even the simplest of office tasks with the very measurable loss of jobs.

    And I see this same dissonance at my job. Revenue going up, hiring going down, layoffs every quarter and a big push for everyone to use AI. But at the same time basically no real success story from all this increased AI usage. Probably just me, but I just don’t get it.

    • realitista@piefed.worldEnglish
      1·
      28 minutes ago

      Big organizations can continue to function with just a fraction of their workforce. But if they start to realize they are falling behind because of this strategy, they will probably stop it. The first has happened in many cases but not the second yet.

    • snooggums@piefed.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 hours ago

      It there was a career ladder for a subset of the population for a few decades, but then the ladder was pulled up…

      • saltesc@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 hours ago

        Well, “career” implies life purpose; in servitude of others for financial compensation. It’s never meant nothing else, so there shouldn’t be any surprises or complaints from people that devote themselves to that.

        Not the ladder I’d personally go, but it’s always there. More reward on other ladders.