9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they'd get another job with the same pay.

Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse::9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they’d get another job with the same pay.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    814·
    10 months ago

    The job market is worse now than it was a couple years ago. It’s not AI’s fault, blame the Federal Reserve Bank and the interest rates. Blame VC, who’ve been relying on 0 interest loans for so long they don’t know how to actually take a risk any more, and will no longer fund startups. Blame cowardly executives of established companies, who are no longer seeing sales numbers increase exponentially forever.

    This is what non-zero interest rates do to a motherfucker.

    We need universal basic income.

    • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
      736·
      10 months ago

      Universal Basic Income to mean sounds like trickle up economics with extra steps. All of does is reward automation and inordinately support the wealthy.

      What we need is a society that takes little stock in currency.

      Edit: read my comment under here for better understanding. UBI is a capitalist solution to a capitalist problem.

        • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
          410·
          10 months ago

          Wealth redistribution. The problem is that we funnel is directly back through purchases providing an inordinate amount of power to the owner class.

          In a bizarre way our existence will be allowed only to subsidize the wealthy.

          At that point we should ditch money all together.

          Follow the money. It goes from the wealthy to the government (taxes), to us to the wealthy through our purchases. Repeat

          Why on earth would we allow this profiteering middleman? At that point we should live under communism (not saying thats a bad thing). Its just simpler.

          Those who own the means of automation will live lavishly while the rest of us are given just enough to not revolt.

            • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
              36·
              10 months ago

              I was responding to the idea that our jobs are going to be automated away.

              Which is exactly what I said’ The “productive” (those with the means of automation)

              Will live lavishly while the “unproductive” ( the rest of us) will not.

              I agree our current reality sucks. Im saying that UBI, as opposed to a moneyless society) is exactly what the wealthy would prefer

              The capitalist solution to a capitalist problem. Do not mistake my opposition of UBI to me being pro capitalist. Its exactly the opposite.

          • Rodeo@lemmy.caEnglish
            51·
            10 months ago

            Follow the money. It goes from the wealthy to the government (taxes), to us to the wealthy through our purchases.

            And right now it goes from the poor to the government (taxes) to the wealthy, and we don’t get fuck all.

            You’re saying you’d rather have nothing than have something.

            • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              Im saying if we are going to be making radical changes, which I am in favor of, why stop there?

              Its like we cant even conceive of a world without capitalism.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        In the long term yes. But we need a complete systems revamp before that’s possible without creating a situation where a lot of people starve to death. UBI works great as a patch over, and while automation is still getting off the ground. As a solution to an automated economy it sucks. It’s asking to have questions like, “how many loafers can we remove from the system without people revolting this year?” Or the creation of premium dollars that seem to only go to the owner class and goes with scarcity of supply as the wealthy become more and more detached from everyone else and shut down facilities to save on costs.

        Basically it risks A Brave New World. Instead we need to make it clear that an automated economy is there for everyone and thus is owned by everyone.