r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • 1d ago

Infodumping Unskilled does not mean un needed.

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u/Inlerah 1d ago

So what happens to the people who relied on those jobs once AI takes them?

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u/ArkLaTexBob 1d ago

What happened to elevator operators when we developed controls and automation? (Hint: They did not starve or go on the dole.)

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u/Inlerah 1d ago

But no one was honestly suggesting that the elevator operators go to school to become highly-skilled professionals or tradesmen, or else there won't be a job that could support them.

You replace retail or foodservice work with automation or AI...where do you think those people currently doing those jobs are going to go? Spend years in college, with no job, hoping that they get one of the remaining "good jobs" that everyone will now be vying for?

How is this a better alternative than "Hey, maybe pay your workers enough to survive".

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u/ArkLaTexBob 23h ago

I am all for pay increases. I just don't know what to replace "supply/demand " with to set relative pay scales. An increase in mandated minimum wage would have to reset much of our wage structure. And I could never suggest years in college. I have almost no experience with that.