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So you think you could be an electrician?

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  1. Garlef · · focus · HN ↗
    Even if manual jobs were safe from being replaced by AI (for the sake of the argument, we're assuming that this is what's going to happen) these jobs would not be safe from the market pressure created by the displacement in other areas.
    1. cucumber3732842 · · focus · HN ↗
      They're "pretty safe" though because they've all got 50-100yo licensing rackets that intertwine them with the state

      Things have to get real, real, real bad before the state decides that it's better for the state to lower barriers to entry than keep them.

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