Is this the way the world is going?

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Lack of jobs. 70% unemployment after AI. 2/3 of people currently calling themselves ‘content creators’. No one has money to buy actual stuff anymore, apart from the basics. Lots of people unemployed, no money, constant scrolling on SM watching ‘content’. All trying to make it as ‘content creators’ as views and engagement is the only income viable. It’s a highly precarious income, constantly trying to out do and ‘max’ ourselves for viewing numbers and subscribers. No one has any real purpose, all children, pets, experiences are used for content. Education becomes devalued, no need for school as childcare anymore, whole families can sit and scroll together. School attendance gets in the way of ‘experiences’ anyway. No one works menial jobs as they are all too anxious, depressed, distracted and of course thats nothing to do with social media, it’s a lack of reasonable adjustments and shouldn’t their employers know that they can’t serve customers in their customer service job as it’s too triggering/ anxiety provoking. All pets have to match furniture. There’s no social care. We all die with our hands in claw like positions with very tired thumbs.

Well, we're already seeing some of that now

Some of the chaos seen in hospitals, social care etc. when mum was last in hospital, I went round the ward putting water in reach of three patients, one of whom needed me to help her drink through a straw.

I wasn't the only visitor trying to help out either.

It is rather good and worth a watch 😊

I think in our lifetimes, we will have robot help... things like getting someone out of bed or a chair, and that will replace maybe one member of staff. An extra pair of hands... but you still need a real person there to talk to and reassure the person needing care.

No robot will replace the those who visit people at home, and I think it very sinister to think they should.

No of course that's not accurate because it's written from such a jaded and negative perspective.

My thoughts entirely...

Well, I'm all for pets matching furniture, getting black cat fur off our white bedding has been a nightmare.

My son is at university and he also works for various companies as a football content creator. I find it all hard to understand being a different generation. However he is paid crazy money and saving for a deposit on a flat. He gets to also travel abroad, all paid for and basically do something he loves.

My son has a great job in tech he used to need an assistant and could have had 2.now he doesnt need anyone. AI does the research in 20 minutes does reports in in 30, everything his assistant used to do. He checks the AI as he would have with an assistant. He said that its frightening how quickly its happening. His closest friend lost his well paid copywrighting job and cant get another.
I phoned my doctors the main receptionist is AI and speaks 52 languages with no snark.
Logistics is a huge business employing 8% of the population but the higher paid jobs will be replaced by AI.

Need doesn't necessarily translate to ability.

That’s very true!!

Of course it isn't. People have said this is the midst of every revolution.

This is a technological revolution that we will adapt to. We will learn how to use it to benefit us, not to control us. That is what being human is.

There will be a renaissance and it has already started. We all know that we need time away from screens.

There is so much out there to scroll - too much. But there is some incredible content available, some amazing Instagrammers.

Read a book, any book or find an Instagrammer that recommends good book.

More people are going out, spending time away from all screens and the temptation of them. Walking in the countryside, playing sport, learning how to make a dress because someone online inspired them to try it. And then they find their people online and a whole world opens up for them.

Computers have made work so much easier and working from home is revolutionary. My eldest child is now 21 but when he was a baby, my very forward-thinking employer gave me 2 days a week working from home. Now parents can work from home, reducing stress and travel hassles. When I think of all the stressed people I used to see dropping the kids off at school, then dashing to catch their train. Now, they walk home and log on.

AI won't take over, it will work with us. It is already helping so many of us in our everyday life.

But if you choose a pet only to match your sofa then I can't help you!

There are 4 mums from my daughter's class of 25 kids who are 'influencers' and we're in a very normal part of Glasgow. Very odd. However these women do also actually have experience working on media so I think it's only part of their role

Which town?

Harrogate in North Yorkshire is widely regarded as the most affluent and “poshest” town in Northern England.

This is a technological revolution that we will adapt to. We will learn how to use it to benefit us, not to control us.

Sorry to say benefits will be minuscule compared to the harm. You and I will not get to control it. It’s in the hands of very ambitious tech bros and wannabe tech bros. They are all competing with each other to be at top and roll on more shit, not caring about ethics or harmful side of it. In lower income countries, poor workers who are making your clothes are already forced to wear cameras to teach AI how to replace them in future.
We are already seeing decline in customer service in western world thanks to AI. I had to fly out on Monday and I was trying to book flight on Friday evening, I needed to speak to a staff because website was having issues but real humans are replaced by stupid chat boxes and AI, and the few they have can work in a limited time window. That’s one example. i have many more.

She is talking about where the world is going, not current world. She is right that where world is heading too. Our reliance on online world is high especially the younger generations.

That's not 2/3 people though, is it?

Not it 1/5 which still seems like a lot. I only found out about 1 of them the other day so was surprised how it adds up. I do think it's more prevalent among mums trying to balance some kind of income with childcare constraints.

In my non school mum circle for friends I know no influencers

He is an exception or rather minority. If everyone can earn huge money like this, there won’t be any poverty but that’s not how societies work.

This thread is full of people with lack of imagination and ability to have an intelligent, meaningful conversation, rather they choose to argue to prove op wrong and can’t move beyond a figure someone posted, completely missing the bigger picture.

Yes and those third world countries will be better places than UK or maybe they will also have a lot of problems because AI will increase gaps.

They'll die or live in pain or live locked up effectively

More people will depend on family members to look after them, this happens across more of the world than it doesn't, so it's not unusual.

They are now training AI / robots to do those jobs so they won’t be replaced immediately but that’s the dream of Silicon Valley.

Assisted Dying could become legal.

Or they will be encouraged to shuffle off this mortal coil by virtue of the assisted dying bill.

This is partly why assisted dying is impossible to get through, it will be a long time before you can choose to die because you want to.

Far too open for abuse from family members wanting to bump off older relatives.

I think people are far too dystopian, people might be under a social media spell, thinking that robots will be running around the world driving and nursing, but human beings are relatively unchanged and their impulses, emotions remain the same. Most people like people, most people love their families, most people want human touch, most people unite to work together, in smaller groups right now but they do.

A good strategy for the future is to maintain and build strong loving, give and take, relationships with many people. Surround yourself with love and laughter and if nothing else you won't go down alone. .