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lossyalgoyesterday at 8:55 PM3 repliesview on HN

It may be a tedious job to spend days rotoscoping but I personally know people who get paid to do that, and as soon as AI can do it, they will have to go find other work (which they already do, on the side, because the writing is on the wall, but there's a ton of people worldwide who do this kind of work, and that's not the only process being delegated to AI).


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marcianxyesterday at 10:23 PM

So, I'm not pretending that certain kinds of jobs aren't going to be obsoleted. Lots of responsibilities went by the wayside as a lot of things were automated with technology and algorithms - I mean, this is not just an AI thing. But I also see it as many people not even executing certain creative visions that would be out of reach due to the mechanical (not creative) cost of doing things. That's where Jevons Paradox really shines and I do think that's where the explosion will happen. Of the (very few) people I know who do editing and have to rotoscope, rotoscoping is one of the things they really don't enjoy, but they do it anyway.

pixl97yesterday at 11:01 PM

That's why we don't use machine to dig ditches, we use spoons, because this planet is a work program.

tensoryesterday at 10:26 PM

We also used to pay people to manually copy books. It's not a good argument.