Spending more time on Threads and LinkedIn in 2025, as I work solo at my desk. I realise that a lot of people are anxious about jobs, and career progression.
Maybe I am a horrible interviewee/pitcher because I've never viewed employment as a highly desirable objective. My approach to life has been that minimum wage is good enough, and I am overqualified for minimum wage, so there will always be jobs there.
Before the AI renaissance, there was also always the option to teach, which I never activated - I think in the future, we should continue to expect that the premium on human interaction is not because of human skill ( which will never be competitive with machine skill in the long run ) but because of sentimental value between humans.
So maybe after all, the world's oldest profession has its place. But even that will be adjusted over time as sex bots become indifferentiable from human sex workers. I have been optimistic about the impact that sex bots and artificial wombs will have on civilisation. But I am not sure that I will see it happen - it is possible within 5-20 years, but politics always slows things down.
Why hire a human? Sheer performance value. That is why we go to cafes etc.
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