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I'm afraid that in the future, making money online will become impossible or risky due to competition. The reason is that algorithms will only promote corporate content, and AI moderation and algorithms will monitor everything. The dead internet theory is no longer a theory, it's almost a reality.

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ITT: People asking whether AI “can do” your job, as if that’s the same question the bosses are asking.

Bosses are not trying to replace 30 workers with 1 person using AI in order to get the job done.

They’re replacing 30 workers with 1 person using AI who will ultimately fail to get the job done, because it’s impossible to thoroughly review 30 workers’ worth of output. Then that 1 person takes the blame, gets fired, and replaced.

AI cannot successfully replace workers. But it doesn’t have to successfully replace them, as long as it can profitably replace them.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok but 1 person can often review at least 2 people's worth of work and that's still half the workforce. Why would we only care in your hyperbolic example of 30x reduction and not 2x reduction?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope the machines that kill the internet will post messages warning each other about the danger of humans taking it back and refer to it as live internet theory.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Ahah, perhaps, but corporations are more important than government and reach for the stars, despite the end of civilization, so this is possible.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you SEEN the work that AI puts out? If anyone is getting replaced by something that hallucinates basic, trivial things, then your job wasn't exactly secure in the first place.

[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you SEEN some of the decisions made by managers and CEOs? Just because your job was actually important doesn't mean the people who are eliminating it appreciated or were even aware of that fact.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It takes years for a colossus to collapse even after its heart has stopped beating.

It takes even longer for it to realize that it has died.

Oftentimes the crows are picking its bones before it closes its eyes for the final time.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh, for sure.

To be fair, upper tier management jobs are the first ones I think should be replaced by AI. They're too emotional and needy and paranoid to make rational choices.

[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 1 day ago

Maybe his job was telling people to eat small rocks?

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 12 points 1 day ago

I swear, the online AI haters think AI is so much cooler than I do.

I get crap for being on the fence about it or for saying it's useful for some stuff, on interesting on principle. They're out there being exactly as bullish about its capabilities as the shills who invested retirement money in Open AI and are terrified it'll all blow away.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if AI can replace you, you either weren't that important or your company is so profit driven that they just didnt care.

the latter one would've gone to shit sooner or later anyway

Lately I feel like I'm living in some kind of madhouse.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If AI can do your job, your job is pretty meaningless.

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Come on, that's such a horrible take. People love to shit on customer service jobs, or editorial services and cast them aside saying AI will flush them out.

But now try to use a company's helpline or trying getting a serious piece of literature copyedited and it will be one of the worst experiences you will have. AI technically "does their job", but it is so shitty.

[–] bvoigtlaender@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

But that is what they said i believe. If AI can do your job. In your example this is not the case.

[–] Nightlight17776@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

It's not like they actually let you pick something meaningful just because you want to. If I automate mechanical turk and am replaced I'm sure they have something else just as meaningless for me to do

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yup, detecting cancer is meaningless. 👌

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

You using an AI assistant doesn’t train it. It won’t “learn” anything from your use of it.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

I've found I just end up doing more work today it started using another language half way through a simple question.