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> So, in short: they want AI to take the good jobs

No, we are currently unable to do most tasks that require physical manipulation, independent of what anyone wants.

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Guarantee you it’s more feasible with the insane investment we have been seeing than dc’s in space are.

If by "currently" you mean "for the foreseeable future", then sure.

Are you suggesting this is isn’t currently true in the conventional use of the word?

Yes, currently means "right now" not "for the foreseeable future".

Right. The person you responded to made a statement entirely about “right now” and used the word “currently”. You added in the discussion about the future, they said nothing about that.

The entire discussion about AI taking jobs is by definition about the future. Nobody is saying "AI took our jobs" so talking about what it can currently do is nearly irrelevant

People are saying "AI took our jobs" or are concerned it imminently will. A lot of white collar tasks are doable by AI today.

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