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I anticipated the rise of AI 15 years ago and properly insulated myself from the robotic overlords by becoming indispensable in the world of pest control. No machines can kill bugs like me.

I think there will be job displacement, particularly in some areas like administrative work, in the near term. I also think productivity gains will even cut into professional environments at the margins, in the near term. Long term if I was an accountant or software developer I might be worried, and probably a whole host of other jobs as well, but I do not think in the next couple of years any kind of massive seismic shifts will occur, though whenever some company lays off 30 people it will be treated as a doomsday scenario by the media.

edit: I also have pretty consistently read that AI job losses are likely to be replaced by jobs in new fields. I am no expert on this, but I guess I tend to hope this is a simply another shift in the landscape which the world will adjust to. Like the automobile. Completely rearranged society and got rid of tens of thousands of jobs related to horses in the early 1900s (stables, farriers, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, etc.) but made many times that number of jobs with auto factory jobs and gas stations and repair shops. Will be interesting to see what the new frontier is. Just another adapt or be left behind moment in humanity.

I'm on the Ai team of a major company. Don't believe all the hype...

It's more akin to Microsoft office replacing the secretary pool than anything else.

So, the dementia patient and the Euros managed to play proportional response with the Houthis starting in October 2023 with the expected results. Trump and the Israelis in the last few weeks have taken out their major port to eliminate Iranian shipping weapons into Yemen and taken out the international airport eliminating air transport. I'm not sure what the mythical center left response that AOG claims has the moral high ground would have been. But we do know what the insane response from Trump accomplished.

Here's your boy

I'm sure buck is ready to do his part.

7-11 vs. 9/11