Szymon

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[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is actual reality. Fake it till you make it. Many are in positions of success only apparently. The rich with resources do the same. The limit is an ethical one and you set it yourself.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Ubisoft directors might need to become comfortable hiding quietly in dark attics when the revolution comes.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fully agree that this is a tool to use. But new tools eliminate jobs throughout human history. ICE eliminated a ton of blacksmithing jobs when you didn't need so many horseshoes. Excavators eliminated groups of workers physically digging ditches.

Progress is good, it helps society, but it has a danger to leave behind the people which helped to create the system that eliminated their need. There needs to be a safety net or a transitional plan for these people to ensure we all continue to succeed. That doesn't really exist in our current capitalist environment.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Anyone who knows anything about labour relations knows that AI is a front line worker replacement. You aren't killing all jobs, but how about you tell me the % of workers in the field that won't be needed to create blocks of code which people get to review moving forward.

Theyll change the whole workflow on you if it saves them money.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

One single factor is never the source of a problem. It can be both things causing this.

Technology changes too fast today to plan for a 30 year career doing the same thing in a constantly changing world. Anyone with the skillet should take this as a beacon and pivot, whether keeping the skills fresh and branching out into new ventures with them (i.e. spend some time thinking, get a few peers, make a new product or service to sell to others instead of being cheap labour for someone else's idea), or dropping the skills for another one that isn't likely to get pulled out from under your feet suddenly.

I think we'll need plumbers for a while still, and you can make over $100k/year never touching a shitty pipe.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago (11 children)

China is able to pivot quickly on projects of enormous scale in part due to its political structure. I doubt many western countries would pivot so quickly and drastically for national interests in whatever you call this version of capitalism.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 67 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I'm sure there are countless social or personal reasons for it, but kids having kids without being taught responsibility or how life works means you get a lot of unfortunate children growing up who were never taught about making plans and goals in life, nor are they provided resources to be successful past childhood when you're just expected to exist and nobody gives a flying fuck about you.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ever play Plague Inc? The secret to winning is to not become deadly until you've already become engrained and established throughout society. Then you add the deadly features once you're too deep in.

Don't let the cancer establish itself as something innocent. The owner of the platform WILL take any opportunity to seize control of the media so it can seize control of the message.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I find it more comfortable to contribute to Lemmy than to other sites. There seems to be actual discussion and opportunities to learn, which can be much harder to come across on the other platforms.

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