A software developer describes being unemployed for over a year, partly due to AI. The conversation weighs whether AI will eliminate jobs broadly or just increase electricity consumption, and notes how unprepared most workers are for AI-driven job changes.
I think it might affect us in a different way where it consumes like a lot of power.
Do you think AI is going to kill us all our ticker jobs? Thoughts?
I think it's already taken most of our jobs.
Okay. Did it take your job?
Well, it did for over a year until.
What did you do before?
Well, maybe part of the problem. I did software development.
You did software development and AI took your job?
I don't know if it. I think it affected for sure. Yeah.
Okay, got it. Oh, man. How does that make you feel?
I don't think we're prepared for it. I wasn't prepared for it, but, you know, I think most people are not prepared for it. That's why we had a lot of, like, layoffs and a lot of people are still in the market looking for jobs.
What about the kill us all part? Thoughts on that? Do you think it'll kill us all?
I don't know about that. I don't think I know enough. If it'll kill us because there's no evidence.
You think it's a non zero chance?
I think it might affect us in a different way where it consumes like a lot of power, a lot of electricity.
I see.
Maybe there are other effects.
Oh, like climate change killing us all?
