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So you think you could be an electrician?

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  1. crabmusket · · focus · HN ↗
    > For instance, a future job site worker equipped with smart glasses and an earpiece might receive continuous direction via an AI interpreting and providing feedback on their actions.

    I see this happening very soon- already, in some cases, for some applications. And I worry that it will be another way for capital to deskill and disempower labour; see Doctorow's "chickenized reverse centaurs" with Amazon drivers and warehouse workers being the classic example.

    1. blackqueeriroh · · focus · HN ↗
      You know Cory Doctorow is just a science fiction writer who never even finished high school, yes? He has no expertise in any of this stuff.
      1. dvdkon · · focus · HN ↗
        You don't need formal education to have agreeable political opinions and write good polemics.
        1. hunterpayne · · focus · HN ↗
          Yea, but agreeable political opinions and being a good writer have little to nothing to do with making good predictions which is what we are weighing here.
          1. Geezus_42 · · focus · HN ↗
            Has he not made good predictions in the past?
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