"some people have it worse" is not a valid reason to not be outraged or unhappy about bad situations, particularly when large groups of people are being exploited and disrupted for the gains of a few.
It's not "some people", it's the bottom 80%. You're an anomaly, the anomaly is going away, it sucks (for you) but that's what it is.
Techies have been automating people out of their jobs for decades and we're supposed to feel sorry for them now that it's their turn, cry me a river...
You might finally understand that these problems aren't technical but political, in the meantime get in line and suck it up
They "techies" didn't do this. Spare me your self-hating performative guilt trip.
Technology advances (beasts of burden replacing human labor, windmills replacing human labor, firearms replacing melee weapons, automatic looms replacing manual textile workers, electric light replacing manual illumination), and at each step, society as a whole benefits, but some benefit more than others: in particular the capital-owning class reap the immediate benefits, to the detriment of the labor class whose skill is devalued and whose livelihood is ruined.
This isn't new. Blaming "techies" is wrong. Point your finger at the owners who are enriching themselves at the expense of the many. In a just society, the benefits of technological advance should be shared (more) equally. A functioning democratic government would protect those whose livelihoods are at risk, because the instability of mass unemployment is more damaging to society than possibly demotivating a handful of billionaires.
Not at that rate, or anything close.
>>A functioning democratic government would protect those whose livelihoods are at risk, because the instability of mass unemployment is more damaging to society than possibly demotivating a handful of billionaires.
Unemployment is still very low and there are tons of jobs we are not doing right now because of lack of people and capital. Those just won't be cushy high paying desk jobs.
It will be very hard to pay for $200/mo Claude accounts when everyone's job is gone.
> It will be a better world overall for most.
I strongly disagree. AI is coming for programmers' jobs first, but programmers won't be the last victim. Ultimately, any job is in danger. The only way to be safe is to be willing to do the job cheaper than a machine that never sleeps. That's basically an impossible bar to maintain, especially as AI and robotics get better.
Seeing the technorati "elite" as the enemy is a mistake, because ultimately programmers, rubbish collectors, and waitresses are all just "labor." Tech bros were momentarily lucky and enjoyed a level of privilege, but the real enemy is the ownership class: the people who aren't at risk of losing their job because they own the data centers. If you want a fair society and equal distribution of benefits, stop the capitalist class from poisoning democracy.
> Techies and intellectuals had it disproportionately good.
Always temporary. In the never ending fight between Capital and Labor, deskilling (immiseration) is inevitable.
Blaming Labor for not adapting (quickly enough) to a shifting economy is perverse.