top | item 46987456 (no title) 1 points| Bayramovanar | 18 days ago discuss order hn newest Bayramovanar|18 days ago We spend a lot of time debating whether AI is “smart” enough to replace us.I think that’s the wrong target. AI doesn’t replace people. Incentives do.Capital owners decides whether productivity gains mean:– cutting the workforce to increase profitabilityor– keeping the workforce and scaling the business.Throughout history, major productivity shifts also reduced working hours.- 12-hour days became 8.- 6-day weeks became 5 (at least in parts of the world).Those changes weren’t automatic. They were negotiated.If those decisions were left solely to capital owners, many of those quality-of-life improvements would likely never have happened.
Bayramovanar|18 days ago We spend a lot of time debating whether AI is “smart” enough to replace us.I think that’s the wrong target. AI doesn’t replace people. Incentives do.Capital owners decides whether productivity gains mean:– cutting the workforce to increase profitabilityor– keeping the workforce and scaling the business.Throughout history, major productivity shifts also reduced working hours.- 12-hour days became 8.- 6-day weeks became 5 (at least in parts of the world).Those changes weren’t automatic. They were negotiated.If those decisions were left solely to capital owners, many of those quality-of-life improvements would likely never have happened.
Bayramovanar|18 days ago
I think that’s the wrong target. AI doesn’t replace people. Incentives do.
Capital owners decides whether productivity gains mean:
– cutting the workforce to increase profitability
or
– keeping the workforce and scaling the business.
Throughout history, major productivity shifts also reduced working hours.
- 12-hour days became 8.
- 6-day weeks became 5 (at least in parts of the world).
Those changes weren’t automatic. They were negotiated.
If those decisions were left solely to capital owners, many of those quality-of-life improvements would likely never have happened.