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Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse (www.vice.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse::9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they'd get another job with the same pay.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What exactly do you think universal basic income is?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Wealth redistribution. The problem is that we funnel is directly back through purchases providing an inordinate amount of power to the owner class.

In a bizarre way our existence will be allowed only to subsidize the wealthy.

At that point we should ditch money all together.

Follow the money. It goes from the wealthy to the government (taxes), to us to the wealthy through our purchases. Repeat

Why on earth would we allow this profiteering middleman? At that point we should live under communism (not saying thats a bad thing). Its just simpler.

Those who own the means of automation will live lavishly while the rest of us are given just enough to not revolt.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

UBI is not about wealth redistribution. The easiest way I'd describe it is if we created food stamps but for cash.

And the phenomenon you are describing where the rest of society is subsidizing the wealthy is our current reality.

UBI in a sense ditches the concept of money as an incentive tool for productivity.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I was responding to the idea that our jobs are going to be automated away.

Which is exactly what I said' The "productive" (those with the means of automation)

Will live lavishly while the "unproductive" ( the rest of us) will not.

I agree our current reality sucks. Im saying that UBI, as opposed to a moneyless society) is exactly what the wealthy would prefer

The capitalist solution to a capitalist problem. Do not mistake my opposition of UBI to me being pro capitalist. Its exactly the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Don't buy the lies. AI cannot automate everything and the jobs it will replace are ones that aren't of much value in the age of improved efficiency (which is what AI really is).

Though I won't argue that the owners of AI will be the winners of whatever revolution comes out of this whole cacophony of noise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Follow the money. It goes from the wealthy to the government (taxes), to us to the wealthy through our purchases.

And right now it goes from the poor to the government (taxes) to the wealthy, and we don't get fuck all.

You're saying you'd rather have nothing than have something.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Im saying if we are going to be making radical changes, which I am in favor of, why stop there?

Its like we cant even conceive of a world without capitalism.