If AI replaces most jobs, who is actually left to buy the products?
Companies need customers. Customers need income. Income comes from jobs. So what happens when the jobs disappear?
I genuinely don't understand how this ends
I came across a Reddit post that described AI in a way I can’t stop thinking about:
“AI allows the wealthy to access skills while stripping skilled people of their ability to access wealth.”
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the purpose of AI captured so brutally and accurately.
Ben Affleck reveals he writes Python, understands convolutional neural networks, worked extensively with GPUs, and used his celebrity status to get private looks at Google and OpenAI’s video models
“I’ve always been kind of into computers since I was young. Then, when film started to move from analog film to digital, I became more interested in that aspect of it. The visual-effects workflow for many years has included machine learning, so I can write pretty shitty Python scripts and stuff like that.
“With convolutional neural networks, which were the precursors to what the transformer can do, which is much more computation simultaneously, you would do things like look at what’s called a tensor. That’s the numerical translation of a visual image in numbers, like the batch number, the frame number and the red, green and blue values of each pixel in each frame. It’s just that simple. That numeric is called a tensor.
“You’d use a convolutional neural network to identify patterns that reveal what’s called edge detection or feature extraction, which is identifying patterns well enough to know, this is where the window ledge is, so we can more easily take the green-screen image out and replace it with something.
“That was familiar to me early on because, prior to Artists Equity, I had a small visual-effects company. I’ve worked with GPUs a lot too. The visual-effects guys said, ‘Hey, you should see. There are a couple: Google and this other company, OpenAI, are doing really interesting stuff with transformers in video.’
“I’ve learned that I can actually just call up and go, ‘Hey, it’s Ben Affleck. Can I come see what you’re doing?’ Sometimes people say yes, to my astonishment.”
I can confirm this is 100% bullsh*t
Indian startup founders are some of the most entitled talent exploiting humans i've ever met
And even I used to think it was "normal" until I started working for a US company
I talk to 20 founders building at the edge of tech every single week
Trust me when I tell you this - IT IS NOT NORMAL
These founders demand 80 hour Silicon Valley intensity, 24/7 Slack availability
A company i used to work for is seeing a mass employee resignation right now. Why?
Constantly swearing at their employees, demeaning their work, making them feel like shit all the time, overworking them to the point of burnout
Then these same founders go on podcasts crying about a "talent crisis" and why local talent lacks work ethic.
Anyone in India with high agency and real skills leaves local startups to work remotely for US companies, freelance, or build their own thing.
India does not have mediocre talent
People either go find better opportunities outside or get stuck in a doom cycle of mistreatment and guilt
There is no room for this talent to shine
And even if there is...it doesn't fit the scale of people it needs to host
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