Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market?

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12 points·petethomas··5 comments

Not to be overly pessimistic but for now, I've seen them mostly create more crap we don't need at a much faster rate.

Not entirely sure we've predicted the future well here. I can for sure see a future where the problem is going to be oversupply of ill fitted solutions.

What happened to the techno optimistic abundance of everything that the VCs and tech founders were shilling?

"...the lifting of billions of people out of poverty to share in the new technologies, a renaissance of liberal democracy and human rights."

So we lift billions out of poverty by replacing everyone's jobs? Abundance of unemployment?

Also what happened to the narrative of "There will be new jobs made with AI", I am struggling to understand how can there be new jobs in AI when AI can literally replace it faster than the job was created.

Are there any employers in the market for hiring Prompt Engineers for $250K+?

Anyone?

They actually meant "the lifting of (some) people into billions (of dollars)"

The techno optimism has morphed into VCs and tech founders lobbying Trumps governments to self-destruct the US government so they can lord over techno-feudal city states

The arrogance and narcissism of the Silicon Valley elite is going to result in horrible outcomes for just about everyone. These people do not know a single thing about responsible public administration, they can only see dollar signs.

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