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nltoday at 1:58 AM1 replyview on HN

> The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.

Indeed.

You make my point for me.


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wolvoleotoday at 4:23 AM

What are those to be created jobs going to be doing that AI won't be able to?

There's two big differences with the steam machine: this change is happening much faster so society has much less time to adapt, and it's got a much wider scope. Steam machines only replaced a small category of jobs.