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Comment by zmk5 | Hacker News Reader

“Learn to code” but for white-collar workers. It was callous to say this to blue-collar workers and it’s callous to say it here too.

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One group makes ~50k a year, the other makes ~150k a year. They are not the same. White collar folks can absolutely "learn to ai" if they wanted.

The difference between those numbers is not as big as you think. When you compare those figures to the people with actual capital, it becomes apparent people who make 150k a year are in the same boat as those making 50k. We're all a few bad rolls of the dice away from poverty, which makes us all similarly vulnerable to exploitation. We should be working together.

> "it becomes apparent people who make 150k a year are in the same boat as those making 50k"

I dare you to say that to people making 50k a year.

I've been on both ends of the this little spectrum here fairly recently and i can tell you the difference aint as big as its cracked up to be. The division here is sown on purpose. I dare you to ask for what purpose that is.

Learn to AI won’t give you a job though.

AI stole our labor, is renting it back to us, and if you oppose you‘ll loose your job. This is blackmailing, plain and simple.

It's about learning new tools and processes, which for computer touchers means launching a new application and alt tabbing into it.

It’s not callous to tell people to stop being lazy. It takes almost 0 effort to type “how does xyz work” into an AI assistant.

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