[SR2Z]

I personally like using AI at my job and would resent being forced to join a union which opposed it.

The way that I guarantee my job treats me well is by being willing to quit whenever it stops working for me. Despite everyone panicking about AI layoffs, I still consistently get messages from recruiters trying to fill AI-related jobs. In your ideal world where the union is supposed to represent me but oppose AI, do those jobs still exist?

[palmotea]

> The way that I guarantee my job treats me well is by being willing to quit whenever it stops working for me.

That will work until it won't.

But you're deciding to leave power on the table. That's kinda like leaving money on the table. And of course, it's typically the unsophisticated people who do that.

[SR2Z]

I am an employee. My power is getting things done so that people pay me money so that I can do other things that are not work. It is difficult for me to imagine a world where a tool makes me more productive while also reducing my value, since being productive on behalf of my employer is the entire reason I have a job.

The literature backs this up: not all of the productivity gains from AI are captured by employers. At least some of it is captured by employees, with the split varying by study.

You can call me unsophisticated, but that's like telling a 1970s assembly programmer that they're a moron for ever supporting using a C compiler. Obviously they're working against their job security, right?