The difference is that conveyor belts weren’t poised to impact 80% of all jobs on the planet, AI is.
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Okay, modern agriculture then. Before industrialisation, 98% of people worked in agriculture as basically peasants. Now it’s pretty much exactly the opposite, with 2% working in something related.
I agree AI could be a major problem if it gets even a little bit better. This specific story isn’t an example though.
