Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.
Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.
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Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.
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Have a feeling we’ll see a lot more “and then it got automated”
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Which is all bs. Why should unnecessary jobs exist?
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Sure. Except the wealth and productivity increases will not benefit society but the few wealthy capitalists that own it
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“We had authors and artists, but AI is so much more efficient they’re unnecessary.”
LLMs are coming for artistic and creative functions first. Is human creativity and artistry unnecessary?
Historically automation was on rote/repetitive tasks. This is a bit different.
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So, racism, misogyny, radical christian nationalism. Got it.
"The company refused to hire Black operators until 1944, immigrants rarely got hired, and some exchanges barred Jewish women too. But for white, gentile, American-born women, especially young and unmarried women (as women often left the labor force after marriage, and married women faced discrimination in hiring), connecting calls at the switchboard was a common way to make a living."
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A great reminder that to do things “for jobs” is always a terrible argument.
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As someone who's started a couple businesses, the separate taxes and bank accounts weren't that bad. The biggest barrier to entry is your first point, which is wealth accumulation. The ultra wealthy have cornered so many markets it's virtually impossible to get a start in most industries.
Ideally, we need to patent a way to automate the redistribution of wealth.