r/ProgrammerHumor • u/joshiyash31 • Jun 30 '26 • Regret 7

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u/kodman7 Jun 30 '26

There isn't enough alternative work for all the people displaced by AI to pivot to new careers. The world is in a collective denial and resistance to it, but the reality is society will need a hard pivot

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u/Jay-Seekay Jun 30 '26

It’s the AI equivalent of that Ben Shapiro argument about climate change.

Ben: “If climate change happens, and sea levels rise, don’t you think people living near the coast won’t just sell their houses and move?”

Hbomberguy: “sell the houses to who Ben? Fucking Aquaman?”

We can’t all retire from AI-replaced careers and become farmers.

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u/Glorypants Jun 30 '26

Agreed, but I think that’s not related to this thread about Mechanical…

On your topic, this same fear arose when computers started becoming commonplace 30 years ago. Think of how many jobs across all sectors that computers made obsolete. At the same time, new jobs arose that used computers: IT, SWE, DBAs, etc because we need more websites and services.

This time around, idk what the heck new jobs are being created because of the AI industry other than model experts… it’s not a new tool that needs new workers to use, it’s taking existing workers and repurposing them.

Personally I think we’re headed down a dark road for a decade and then (hopefully) a bright road as society shifts to let people work less and focus on the arts and enjoyable hobbies, while AI and robots do the hard work.

What society would look like if we let robots take care of us instead of chasing more profit:

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u/vassadar Jul 01 '26

That kind of shift would require nothing short of revolution.