You are about to be replaced by AI. Good luck.

[rawbertson.]

Was let go from my job today of 8 years, replaced by AI at a robotics company. Good luck bros, everything about to get super super fucked, unemployment about to go through the roof. All your favorite pros are cooked. Was fun while it lasted, gg homeys

Fuck this trash ass world cyborg blade runner bullshit
Destroy every spot for me guys
Catch you in the flip side
Hell is a hill bomb

[meeevs]

Damn, sorry to hear that dude. Hope you can catch a new role somewhere that hasn't put all of their faith in the next dotcom bubble.

[TheLurper]

Sorry to hear this.

We are in for a bumpy ride. Between the Trump tariff recession and AI is getting better and better,  Millennials and younger are going to get hammered.

[Abyss1]

Damn sorry to hear that...I've been hearing this a lot over the past month

[Boomerforums]

Ive been on welfare for a few years

It's nice

People need to talk about u.b.i. more

I've gotten so much more healthy and happy with the free time

[Lifer]

Sorry to hear that man. I’ve been currently trying to make a career change out of IT into a trade for hopefully more job security. Things are grim. Hope you can find another position soon.

[EdLawndale]

Sorry to hear as well. Keep your head up and try to maintain that survivor mentality. Getting a new job will be that skate trick you try at until you ultimately do land it successfully.

[GuessAgain?]

Ah shit man, sorry to hear this. It happened to me a few months back, the creative industry is a ticking time bomb waiting for AI to become more widely accepted by the market.

Try not to let it bring you down too much though bro, I went through a mental battle at first but it's important to remember your job doesn't define you or your worth. Peace!

[Benicio El Toro]

That's shitty af, sorry to hear that. It's hard to be grateful when it goes off the rails. Best wishes

[ToySanta]

Try not to let it bring you down too much though bro, I went through a mental battle at first but it's important to remember your job doesn't define you or your worth. Peace!

Well said! Job hunt can be one of life’s great miseries, so it’s important to take things day by day.

Good luck to ya, rawb.

[Paco Supreme]

Damn that sucks. I hope you pick up something better real soon.


I’ve been saying to co workers and clients for a long ass time that not specifically AI, but any kind of emerging tech will be coming for every single industry.


 It’s inevitable, the guy who’s programming something to take your shit, will be replaced by the machine designed to replace them.

[TheLurper]

This is going to be gnarly and bad for many many people. Sam Altman will be the richest person on the planet in less than 5 years from today.

- My bet is that a lot of software applications and companies are going to be obsolete in 5 years time. All those apps that cost a few K per year, are going to be worth zero per year soon enough.
- Jr. Developers are already getting fucked. I know Sr. Devs feel they're safe. They're not.
- Productivity for office workers is going to jump, but pay per worker is going to decrease. It will take less skill and less knowledge to produce just as much stuff at the same quality. Think of fast food workers, they produce of lot of hamburgers, but still get paid as little as legally possible.
- Some might say, "Well AI does a bad job." Well, a lot of workers do a bad job too. I think recruiters are the best example of this. They are the first battle in the war of getting a job, most don't know shit about what they're hiring for.

George Ritzer discusses Weber's notion of the irrationality of rationality in simple terms in his McDonaldization/De-McDonalidziation work. Weber pointed out that the very pursuit of efficiency and logic in modern societies (rationalization) can lead to unintended, unreasonable, and dehumanizing consequences, such as bureaucracy, inefficiency, and the loss of human values. This is going to be peak efficiency with insane costs.

And, I saw some dipshit on Business Insider (a garbage "news" site) that was trying to say, "Oh all the AI doom and gloom is wrong because a few companies in SF are getting office space leases." Yes, 15 people in SF will help reduce the number of paralegals from 366,000 to 100,000. Or the number people working the drive though from 400,000 to 4,000 (if that). A few people are going to come out on top. And, while AI can support a start-up now as they wrap a better interface around it, ChatGPT will reduce the need for that interface in 3 years time.

At my previous job, I was supposed to be on a team of 7, it is a team of 0.3 as one person checks in on the bot every now and again.

[devils acrobat]

Damn, sucks to hear! I am still not able to grasp the size of the transformation that is happening atm.

[The real veganshawn]

Bummer

[Atiba Applebum]

This is going to be gnarly and bad for many many people. Sam Altman will be the richest person on the planet in less than 5 years from today.

- My bet is that a lot of software applications and companies are going to be obsolete in 5 years time. All those apps that cost a few K per year, are going to be worth zero per year soon enough.
- Jr. Developers are already getting fucked. I know Sr. Devs feel they're safe. They're not.
- Productivity for office workers is going to jump, but pay per worker is going to decrease. It will take less skill and less knowledge to produce just as much stuff at the same quality. Think of fast food workers, they produce of lot of hamburgers, but still get paid as little as legally possible.
- Some might say, "Well AI does a bad job." Well, a lot of workers do a bad job too. I think recruiters are the best example of this. They are the first battle in the war of getting a job, most don't know shit about what they're hiring for.

George Ritzer discusses Weber's notion of the irrationality of rationality in simple terms in his McDonaldization/De-McDonalidziation work. Weber pointed out that the very pursuit of efficiency and logic in modern societies (rationalization) can lead to unintended, unreasonable, and dehumanizing consequences, such as bureaucracy, inefficiency, and the loss of human values. This is going to be peak efficiency with insane costs.

And, I saw some dipshit on Business Insider (a garbage "news" site) that was trying to say, "Oh all the AI doom and gloom is wrong because a few companies in SF are getting office space leases." Yes, 15 people in SF will help reduce the number of paralegals from 366,000 to 100,000. Or the number people working the drive though from 400,000 to 4,000 (if that). A few people are going to come out on top. And, while AI can support a start-up now as they wrap a better interface around it, ChatGPT will reduce the need for that interface in 3 years time.

At my previous job, I was supposed to be on a team of 7, it is a team of 0.3 as one person checks in on the bot every now and again.

http://youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?si=VpC35LzAT6gQz1yd

[GuessAgain?]

Just saw this video and thought it felt relevant, looks like a lot of companies are blaming AI for layoffs when they're just out-sourcing jobs to cheaper workers. Pretty fucked up.

[Atiba Applebum]

@rawbertson have you considered a career as a Blade Runner?   They gotta be starting up that program soon

[ok boomer]

Or as a terminator

[Plan9Customs]

I’d suggest learning a trade. Collision repair isn’t really something AI or even robotics could replace. Pays pretty well and steady work since cars are always going to get damaged.

[RoaryMcTwang]

Was let go from my job today of 8 years, replaced by AI at a robotics company. Good luck bros, everything about to get super super fucked, unemployment about to go through the roof. All your favorite pros are cooked. Was fun while it lasted, gg homeys

Fuck this trash ass world cyborg blade runner bullshit
Destroy every spot for me guys
Catch you in the flip side
Hell is a hill bomb

What a bummer. Keep your head up, let’s see that AI slappy a curb

[Allen.]

Unionize yesterday.

[layzieyez]

Sorry you got replaced with a robot. I had a friend that was working at museum that was replaced decades ago by a robot.

My daughter is going into the mortuary industry and my son is looking at HVAC. I think they’re future proofed choices.

[Top-Heavy Hookjaw]

Sorry you got replaced with a robot. I had a friend that was working at museum that was replaced decades ago by a robot.

My daughter is going into the mortuary industry and my son is looking at HVAC. I think they’re future proofed choices.

Good for them. Learning a trade and being able to say “I am a …” is great.

[Never Bored]

 Sorry, pal

Seems like the plan is for ICE/prisons to be the only ones hiring in the US

[TerryFunk]

Really sorry to hear that man. I see you post around a lot and you seem like a good dude, I wish you the best with everything, get out and shred a little this weekend, get your mind off shit.

Recently, I did a lot of academic related research on AI and it is more than alarming. This shit is literally the real life version of a dystopian nightmare. Deepfakes are gonna get more and more believable. Just a year and a half ago the argument was AI regarding the art world and how it’s putting artists out of a job. Now it’s fucking every sector of society.

Our future as a human race is almost predestined to be destroyed. Technology has been the biggest advancement and detriment to mankind. I just hope we all can live long happy lives in peace as we see the world burn.

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

real

[TheLurper]

Sorry you got replaced with a robot. I had a friend that was working at museum that was replaced decades ago by a robot.

My daughter is going into the mortuary industry and my son is looking at HVAC. I think they’re future proofed choices.

One issue that might happen to even the future proof choices is increased competition which will drive down wages. More people may go into these fields because their previous job no longer exists, employers have more choice, and wages go down. Alternatively, customers have more choice and prices go down.

Also, there is going to be the problem over oversupply of all sorts of things. Economies crash when there is too many services and goods and too few buyers. If AI replaces many of our jobs, is hyper productive, and we have no money, we have a huge mistmatch and shit will broadly come crashing down.

I’d suggest learning a trade. Collision repair isn’t really something AI or even robotics could replace. Pays pretty well and steady work since cars are always going to get damaged.

Biased data source, but a bunch of AI cars might reduce this need as well. Although, switching to AI cars might be a little further down the road.


https://waymo.com/safety/impact/

[Boomerforums]

Shout-out unemployment

Get that money while you sleep baby

Ubi solves everything

[Cuban_Lynx]

Sorry to hear that.

I work for the federal government and they’ve been trying like crazy to replace us psychologists with AI since January. Fortunately, half my clients don’t know how to use video chat, let alone AI. I’m hoping we’re safe for a bit, but certain specialists are sweating about the AI takeover of their profession within the coming few years. Most admin staff have already been replaced with AI.

[Atiba Applebum]

Sorry to hear that.

I work for the federal government and they’ve been trying like crazy to replace us psychologists with AI since January. Fortunately, half my clients don’t know how to use video chat, let alone AI. I’m hoping we’re safe for a bit, but certain specialists are sweating about the AI takeover of their profession within the coming few years. Most admin staff have already been replaced with AI.

Jesus.  It’s not there’s been any documented cases of AI leading people to self-harm/suicide