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FakeNoose

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17. Sam Altman should probably re-think that
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 01:44 PM
Nov 26

There are some jobs that will never be taken over by robots (AI) because it won't be cost effective. For example, fast food workers can rest easy because it's cheaper to pay humans minimum wages that to purchase robots to replace them. Also there are hazardous jobs that will continue being done by humans, such as plumbing, electrical, many outdoor jobs, as well as some law-enforcement and fire-fighting jobs but eventually those will be taken over by robots after the easier jobs have all been automated.

The trade-off will continue to be whether the owners decide to invest in more robots, or is it easier and cheaper to use humans for some jobs? The cost of robots will come down eventually, as more automated manufacturing makes it cheaper to build and program the robots. When robots build the robots, humans will still be the programmers and the quality-control testers, at least for a time.

I have a feeling that Sam Altman will be long dead, as we all will be, when the human race finally reaches that point.

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Great for big business, not so great for working people. groundloop Nov 26 #1
The intent is to replace all the workers. Sam Altman of OpenAI said over a year ago that the goal highplainsdem Nov 26 #3
Sam Altman should probably re-think that FakeNoose Nov 26 #17
So that's 22 million people times $65,000 each bucolic_frolic Nov 26 #2
Predicting the future is tough Progressive dog Nov 26 #4
Ai can create data way faster than humans FredGarvin Nov 26 #5
AI does not create data Progressive dog Nov 26 #7
I use it quite a bit at the moment Blackjackdavey Nov 26 #16
Nailed it. gypsy11 Nov 26 #23
It is very useful for assisting in writing computer code, but that is all I use it for. ToxMarz Nov 26 #21
The Soylent Green Corporation will be taking applicants. CentralMass Nov 26 #6
The ship should be here any day to carry us away. Haggard Celine Nov 26 #8
Destination the Thanatorium. CentralMass Nov 26 #13
It won't need insurance or Social Security, Bayard Nov 26 #9
Yes it can. OnlinePoker Nov 26 #22
They look awfully s-l-o-w... Bayard Nov 26 #25
Slow now, but that's what AI is working to fix. OnlinePoker Nov 26 #27
In 1950s, we were all going to be obliterated by nukes, then computers wrere going to take our jobs, then internet, etc. Silent Type Nov 26 #10
Greed will win out. CentralMass Nov 26 #14
The corporate stooges in power don't even want to let us have our OWN money that was socked away over the course of... LudwigPastorius Nov 26 #19
Corporate stooges will be worthless without 300+ million buying their products. But hey, no need to ruin a good a Silent Type Nov 26 #20
more likely a "thinning of the herd". ret5hd Nov 26 #26
You must have more babies so we can deny them jobs!! chowder66 Nov 26 #11
I smell click bait. BootinUp Nov 26 #12
Yup....and then a CME hits the earth purr-rat beauty Nov 26 #15
No worries! LudwigPastorius Nov 26 #18
It's either a bubble and screws the economy or its successful and it destroys the economy SamuelTheThird Nov 26 #24
Good Ole Boys OC375 Nov 26 #28
Does the Iceberg Index use some sort of AI? flvegan Nov 26 #29
Gee, What Could Go Wrong Economically.... ProfessorGAC Nov 26 #30
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