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pnathanyesterday at 9:08 PM1 replyview on HN

As a layoff justification and a hurryup tool, it is pretty loathesome. People use their jobs for their housing, food, etc.


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elzbardicoyesterday at 9:39 PM

More than this man. AI is making me re-appreciate part of the Marxist criticism of capitalism. The concept of worker alienation could be easily extended in new forms to the labor situation in an AI-based economy. FWIW, humans derive a lot of their self-evaluation as people from labor.

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