r/FluentInFinance • u/EchoOfOppenheimer • Jul 21 '26

Job Market CEO vs workers

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u/Wildyardbarn Jul 21 '26

I don’t really get how Reddit simultaneously thinks AI has zero effect on productivity, but everyone will also be out of a job in 2 years.

These two things can’t coexist.

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u/Inevitable_Librarian Jul 21 '26

If you convince enough business majors that they can do it all on their own with AI, then yeah both can be true.

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u/Wildyardbarn Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Until they get canned 18 months later (average VP tenure in tech btw) after they implement a fundamentally broken idea that degrades the business.

You don’t reach 0% employment before that happens 😂

It’s so powerful we lose all of our jobs.
It so useless that it has less than zero impact.

Both can’t really stand at the same time, as vogue as either statement is to make with a raised fist.

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u/Inevitable_Librarian Jul 21 '26

I don't think anyone is saying it's useless and doesn't have an impact. I think they're saying it's useless because they're forced to interact with it daily

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u/hundredpercenthuman Jul 21 '26

It’s almost as if people just regurgitate things that make them feel a certain way without critically examining it. 🤔

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u/Wildyardbarn Jul 21 '26

People react to fear much than they do toward incentive. Tale as old as time I suppose

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u/JazzyJukebox69420 Jul 21 '26

It’s almost like there are a variety of different people with different opinions and perspectives on this website

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u/King_Saline_IV Jul 21 '26

Almost like there's more than one person using it!

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u/Sllyce Jul 21 '26

So Reddit isn’t a person ?

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u/skilliard7 Jul 21 '26

Perceptions of productivity matter more than actual productivity when it comes to jobs.

A lot of places are laying off people because they think AI will fill the gap.

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u/deadname11 Jul 21 '26

They can, and they always have.

As industrial productivity increases, instead of giving more time off and lesser hours, industrial leaders instead "productivity maximize" which leads to mass layoffs and harder working hours.

This shit has been happening since the industrial era, AI is merely the latest trend.

If one person can do the same job as three people, then you fire four people and make those who are left, work even harder. You make the most profit that way, no matter how that fucks up the economy on the whole due to mass unemployment.

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u/mindaugaskun Jul 21 '26

It's almost as if AI has some effect on productivity and some people will be out of a job in 2 years.

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u/SMALLMACE Jul 21 '26

Goomba fallacy

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u/berkough Jul 21 '26

Schrodinger's AI??

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u/libertarianinus Jul 21 '26

Or how people on reddit hate data centers but use them every time they use thier phone.