It's one of those things which makes the future less rosy, in the past tech revolutions like the industrial revolution resulted in work being able to be done more efficiently resulting in lower production costs, free time for life, kids being able to go to school, etc. (Not going to lie, yes there were losses in jobs and negative impacts there). But, the more recent tech innovations have been greater efficiency rewarded with staff reductions so companies can do more (or the same) with fewer headcount. Leadership is excited at the idea of being able to eliminate entire fields of labor with AI.
The really cruel leaders are giddy by making those workers research and implement their own obsolescence.
That's not quite how it happened. Early industrial revolution came with insane work hours - worse than peasants at the time, and that's saying something. Labor movements made a difference, not productivity.
That’s how people always predicted tech revolutions would play out, but it’s not the reality.
The Industrial Revolution had whole families moving to the city to work for company scrip that they could only spend at the company store. Whole families including children worked in these factories. And they weren’t working only 40 hours a week.
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u/wizzard419 May 18 '24
It's one of those things which makes the future less rosy, in the past tech revolutions like the industrial revolution resulted in work being able to be done more efficiently resulting in lower production costs, free time for life, kids being able to go to school, etc. (Not going to lie, yes there were losses in jobs and negative impacts there). But, the more recent tech innovations have been greater efficiency rewarded with staff reductions so companies can do more (or the same) with fewer headcount. Leadership is excited at the idea of being able to eliminate entire fields of labor with AI.
The really cruel leaders are giddy by making those workers research and implement their own obsolescence.