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you dont need to read "bullshit jobs" the book, but here is the original essay (also by graeber) that kicked it off:

https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

An idea / hypothesis I have:

The jobs that are going to be most decimated by this current (and the next few subsequent) forms of AI imo is the jobs that Graeber's talks about in "Bullshit Jobs"

Here's the original essay that spawned the idea of the book:

An idea / hypothesis I have:

The jobs that are going to be most decimated by this current (and the next few subsequent) forms of AI imo is the jobs that Graeber's talks about in "Bullshit Jobs"

Here's the original essay that spawned the idea of the book:

https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

I think what will likely happen is lot of jobs will get eliminated under the guise of it being bullshit but the hit rate would be 50:50 at best. Byrne had a great piece about how Graeber's research for bullshit jobs was just people emailing him and saying they hate their job

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I think what will likely happen is lot of jobs will get eliminated under the guise of it being bullshit but the hit rate would be 50:50 at best. Byrne had a great piece about how Graeber's research for bullshit jobs was just people emailing him and saying they hate their job https://www.thediff.co/archive/bullshit-jobs-is-a-terrible-curiosity-killing-concept/

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