I keep seeing these comments where AI is hailed as the next industrial revolution, but I think they all miss the point.

Industrialization created jobs. There were fewer skilled jobs lost than new skilled jobs created. It then created the need for more knowledge based jobs, like civil engineers.

The AI lobby is doing the opposite. It targets higher paid skilled jobs. If they were to succeed, they would give birth to the opposite of the Industrial Revolution.

They know. They just don’t care.

Given that some tech bros are measuring AI productivity in lines of code, yes, yes it does.

Correlation doesn’t imply causation.

If you lay off 10% of your workforce, mostly juniors, and your KPIs are loose enough, there’s no reason to think that companies won’t succeed in pushing senior employees to meet them, mostly through overwork.

Also, certain companies track AI usage as a KPI in itself, so there’s a circular logic component to it.

Strong FB dedicated phone button vibes.