America Isn't Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs(www.theatlantic.com)
21 pointsby helloplanets5 hours ago5 comments
  • EricBetts4 hours ago
    > code—really code, not just copy-paste from Stack Overflow—with the precision of a top engineer.

    Having seen the mistakes it still makes in my industry, I can't take as factual the other claims the article makes about what AI does.

    • getnormality3 hours ago
      Don't worry, Gell-Mann amnesia will resolve this uncomfortable moment for you soon enough!
      • newsicanuse3 hours ago
        Typical AI bro spotted - so it'd be interesting to know your trade.
    • black_134 hours ago
      [dead]
  • aurareturn3 hours ago
    Also The Atlantic:

    Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/data-centers-...

    OpenAI Is in Trouble

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/openai-losing...

    AI will crash. OpenAI is in trouble. But also, AI is going to be so good that America isn't ready for AI at work.

    I keep seeing the same pattern in these mainstream news outlets. They'll write about how there is an AI bubble and it's about to collapse. AI hallucinates too much to be useful. OpenAI is a scam. There is too much debt to build AI. AI isn't intelligent. AI isn't all the smart. When a new breakthrough happens, it becomes AI is about to take most jobs. AI is becoming god-like. AI needs to be stopped.

    • jakobnissen2 hours ago
      That is because The Atlantic is not a monolithic hive mind, but employs journalists of different persuasions, who each cover their story from their own world view. So what you’re seeing is not The Atlantic being hypocritical, or flip floppy, but them covering the same topic from multiple points of view.
      • aurareturn2 hours ago
        They do not cover the same story with different views. If they did, they would publish 2 stories that contradict in message simultaneously. They don't do this.

        They won't publish a story that says AI is about to crash and another that says AI is about to make everyone jobless at the same time. They spread it apart.

        Therefore, they want readers to think that they have a united opinion.

    • citrin_ru2 hours ago
      One doesn’t exclude another - stock market will crush even harder if AI will bee too smart - high unemployment will cause demand drop across the board so AI companies will loose most paying customers and will have no chances to recoup investments (even if the chain is long, economy as a whole depends on people paying for goods and services).
      • aurareturn2 hours ago
        AI becomes so good that it renders mass unemployment won't crash the stock market.

        The stock market does not care if everyone is employed. It only cares if the companies are making more profit.

        • citrin_ru2 hours ago
          And there will no profit because there will be no customers.
    • FloorEgg2 hours ago
      It's because they optimize for attention over truth.
  • DeathArrow3 hours ago
    Using AI to generate articles lamenting about AI.
  • myhf4 hours ago
    LLM-generated blogslop is getting published in The Atlantic now?
  • SilverElfin4 hours ago
    I generally agree with the article. We can debate timing, but whether it is 1 year away or 10 years away, a major rise in employment is not something America is prepared for. No politicians even talk about this threat seriously, let alone come up with solutions for it. But in a world of higher automation and reduced need for labor, the only practical solution is to redistribute wealth and power in the country. Otherwise, those who enter this new era with wealth or power will be in a permanent ruling class while others suffer.