baconwasright t1_jedvrlw wrote
Reply to comment by Bismar7 in Interesting article: AI will eventually free people up to 'work when they want to,' ChatGPT investor predicts by Coolsummerbreeze1
>Historical evidence, as you pointed out, shows increased productivity doesn't have statistical significance on reducing hours worked
sure, but we, as a race, are WAY more rich than 100 years ago.
SO productivity does increase quality of life for everyone!
Stop focusing on the ceiling, focus on the floor, and how it has been raised in the past 100 years.
Now a guy cleaning bathrooms can become a junior software engineer by using Copilot and Chat-gpt and natural language. The amount of people doing manual labor will decrease, so they will have to pay them more.
Its a a sea rise that will lift everyone.
JIGGLE_FIST t1_jefci0x wrote
...except it hasn't.
That's the point.
In fact, the millennial generation is slated to be the first American generation to die with less wealth than our parents. And GenZ is predicted to be the second.
You are asking us to ignore reality and our own experiences.
> Its a a sea rise that will lift everyone.
Folksy nonsense when there is literal data proving the opposite.
baconwasright t1_jefi4v8 wrote
I’ll take data any day!
Give it give it!
Where is your data showing humans are poorer now than a 100 years ago?
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