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It's like being lectured on ethical behavior by the thing that's actively eating your lunch

Why do you think automating software development is any less ethical than automating other jobs (which many software developers actively engaged in)?

Automating software development is not unethical. The unethical bit is allowing resource flow default to those who own the means of production.

As a software developer, when I automate someone's job, say of a cashier, I do not start to get paid their salary - my salary stays the same.

This is different for capital investors and shareholders. They keep the cashier's salary (not directly but ultimately). This results in an increasing concentration of wealth, creates lots of suffering and destabilises the world. That is where it is unethical.

In that case pretty much any automation is unethical, isn't it?

Yes, if it's resulting in a redistribution of wealth from the workers getting laid off (with no great prospects) to those providing the automation. OpenAI isn't providing any new job opportunities, it's just destroying existing ones.

The solution is for our government to onboard us onto the internet economy like China is doing. Rather than slow down tech advancement.

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