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AI ‘apocalypse’ could take away almost 8 million jobs in UK


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AIpocalypse was right there

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1 minute ago, shyboi said:

AIpocalypse was right there

Kinda iconic for an album name :loki:

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1 minute ago, magazine said:

Kinda iconic for an album name :loki:

don't let lana see it lol

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11 minutes ago, pisuke said:

Let the AI do the work and pay us enough to live and enjoy life. 

That will never happen

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It's a major technological evolution which has the possibility of becoming a revolution (as it becomes more sophisticated) in the way work is done and normal people live.  Far more than 8 million people are going to be affected.

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Computers were invented and used in various companies decades ago. They claimed that computers would steal jobs, that many people will be unemployed. There was a lot of distrust towards it. Instead, computers are an aid to millions of people in the workplace. It didn't steal jobs, in fact it gave people increased productivity. 
 

Every time a new technology comes around. Humans naturally distrust it, and create think pieces about all the harm it will do. Turns out these new tech gives people more jobs, and increases human productivity. Making the initial concern seem childish. 

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This might sound bad, but think of how much money large corporations will save. 

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14 minutes ago, Tropez said:

Computers were invented and used in various companies decades ago. They claimed that computers would steal jobs, that many people will be unemployed. There was a lot of distrust towards it. Instead, computers are an aid to millions of people in the workplace. It didn't steal jobs, in fact it gave people increased productivity. 
 

Every time a new technology comes around. Humans naturally distrust it, and create think pieces about all the harm it will do. Turns out these new tech gives people more jobs, and increases human productivity. Making the initial concern seem childish. 

This is a rosy spin on it, but AI is rapidly evolving, and the IMF reported that it will impact 40% of jobs and worsen inequality. Let's not just shirk off fears as irrational when there are entire creative fields in danger of being rendered obsolete in a relatively short amount of time due to AI's rapidly evolving nature.

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4 minutes ago, byzantium said:

This might sound bad, but think of how much money large corporations will save. 

Yeah that is a bad take :suburban:

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1 minute ago, Janet said:

Yeah that is a bad take :suburban:

Are you implying humans are more important than corporations? 

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3 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

This is a rosy spin on it, but AI is rapidly evolving, and the IMF reported that it will impact 40% of jobs and worsen inequality. Let's not just shirk off fears as irrational when there are entire creative fields in danger of being rendered obsolete in a relatively short amount of time due to AI's rapidly evolving nature.


Do you honest to goodness think it will impact that many people that fast? Do you know how many companies are still using computer software from the 80s/90s? Do you realize how expensive it is to change tech systems? Not to mention there's historical precedence to prove your case to be wrong? 

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3 minutes ago, Tropez said:


Do you honest to goodness think it will impact that many people that fast? Do you know how many companies are still using computer software from the 80s/90s? Do you realize how expensive it is to change tech systems? Not to mention there's historical precedence to prove your case to be wrong? 

Yeah I even think of my current employer, the number of people I've come across doing jobs that could've been replaced by technology like 15 years ago :rip:

 

There's even tasks I find myself doing some days that would be so much quicker with better systems, but if the company doesn't invest in them then what's going to change exactly?

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4 minutes ago, Tropez said:


Do you honest to goodness think it will impact that many people that fast? Do you know how many companies are still using computer software from the 80s/90s? Do you realize how expensive it is to change tech systems? Not to mention there's historical precedence to prove your case to be wrong? 

It's ALREADY impacting a ton of people. The SAG and WGA strikes were in part caused by AI, voice actors are losing roles to AI, audiobook companies are rapidly downsizing. Graphic artists are being phased out as AI can create art faster and cheaper. It's ALREADY impacting tons of industries. Journalism, illustration, voice over, graphic design, acting, modelling, photography, and that's JUST creative fields.

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17 minutes ago, byzantium said:

This might sound bad, but think of how much money large corporations will save. 

Hopefully it means they don't have to charge human consumers inflated prices anymore to generate ideal profit margins. 

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9 minutes ago, glitch said:

Yeah I even think of my current employer, the number of people I've come across doing jobs that could've been replaced by technology like 15 years ago :rip:

 

There's even tasks I find myself doing some days that would be so much quicker with better systems, but if the company doesn't invest in them then what's going to change exactly?

I say the same thing every day. There's a few tasks that I do that could honestly be automated that could save me so much time. Leaving me to do something more important. Companies are notoriously slow to update things, and you will notice the higher ups are so tech illiterate. 
 

 

9 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

It's ALREADY impacting a ton of people. The SAG and WGA strikes were in part caused by AI, voice actors are losing roles to AI, audiobook companies are rapidly downsizing. Graphic artists are being phased out as AI can create art faster and cheaper. It's ALREADY impacting tons of industries. Journalism, illustration, voice over, graphic design, acting, modelling, photography, and that's JUST creative fields.

Okay, please name a movie right now that has completely been created by AI? Or a tv show or album? There isn't any. The tech isn't even close to being there. You'll come to realize a lot of this stuff is media fear-mongering to drive clicks. 

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1 minute ago, Tropez said:

Okay, please name a movie right now that has completely been created by AI? Or a tv show or album? There isn't any. The tech isn't even close to being there. You'll come to realize a lot of this stuff is media fear-mongering to drive clicks. 

In a short period of time AI went from creating images like this:

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To creating films like this:

 

AI worsening inequality and causing jobs to go obsolete =/= AI is replacing ALL jobs.

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Not this :suburban:

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1 hour ago, PoisonedIvy said:

Hopefully it means they don't have to charge human consumers inflated prices anymore to generate ideal profit margins. 

But that would not maximize shareholder value!!!!  Someone please think of the poor dear shareholders. 

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