The $10B Startup Training AI to Replace the White-Collar Workforce

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Very opinionated (poor) article from the get-go, "never held a real job" feels really wrong, software engineering and owning a startup isn't a "real job"? It's insanely harder than being a cashier.

Having done both, cashier may be easier but startup and software engineer is not "insanely harder". It's somewhat harder, yes.

Working in the machines of the world gives you some understanding of why the world works the way it does. Ignorance gives you ideas for how it could. But the world tends to win. Let's see. There is no prediction of success or failure here, only that this is a concrete path to replacing lots of employment with... nothing really. We're already investing in curing cancer. Curing Zika or sleeping sickness isn't on anyone's radar and won't be because there's no money in it next year either.

Your point makes sense but I kinda want to double down on the fact that regular jobs are much much easier mentally speaking, one of the reason is that when you finish your duty, for most traditional jobs, you just logout and "see you tomorrow", while engineering (or even more if you manage people/comapnies) you have worries in your mind all the time.

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