Shopify employee breaks NDA to reveal firm replacing laid off workers with AI
If the promise of AI means I can do 1/2 the amount of work and maintain my high quality life, then I'm all for it.<p>However, every advancement that has come in the last 100 years that improved efficiency has only meant we're pushed to work more and do more. So I am now expected to do 2x the work.<p>If you're really dreaming for AI that can wipe-out entire classes of decent middle-class jobs in one big swing, don't forget that we're going to take down the world economy with it and it's going to be a very long recession where nobody will win.<p>Meanwhile, those lucky enough to have made it to the top will continue to horde all the profits.