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(me: calling this the The Faux News Schism)

PBS: Older Americans say it's a good time to find a job. Younger people aren't buying it

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#economy #jobs #unemployment


Older Americans say it’s a good time to find a job. Younger people aren’t buying it

The schism is likely to continue fueling generational divides in politics, where younger voters have focused on economic issues such as housing costs and have registered less faith in institutions.
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Peter
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Observation:
I was just having this conversation with someone who'd fall well into that 'older' category. (For reference, I fall between the two listed age ranges)

The argument being made at me was that they see "now hiring" signs up all the time, ergo there are jobs to be had.
But when I asked if any of those jobs they saw advertised would even pay rent, they spluttered & said that wasn't the question.

But it kind of IS, right? Lots of unfilled jobs != good job market.

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Oh it’s an absolutely terrible time to be a new college graduate. I’d hate to be someone with a fresh diploma in Computer Science (my undergrad) or any similar field. I think entry level jobs in nearly every field are being replaced with AI (whether AI is actually replacing that productivity is beside the point). Even at the senior end of the spectrum, I don’t think I could replace my current job at similar wages right now.
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My new prediction for the next 20 years is expect a lot of people being herded into low-paying gig jobs as some form of AI minder, which in many cases will involve a pace too fast to actually review all the work properly, but that person will be the one blamed when shit goes down.
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Thanks for this. I don't recall hearing the phrase "moral crumple zone". This perfectly encapsulates what I was thinking, the idea that the human is placed sacrificially to protect the system (AI software, business, senior management) from being held accountable.

#MoralCrumpleZone

The highlighted text in this screenshot reads: "Just as the crumple zone in a car is designed to absorb the force of impact in a crash, the human in a highly complex and automated system may become simply a component—accidentally or intentionally—that bears the brunt of the moral and legal responsibilities when the overall system malfunctions. While the crumple zone in a car is meant to protect the human driver, the moral crumple zone protects the integrity of the technological system, at the expense of the nearest human operator." source: "Moral Crumple Zones: Cautionary Tales in Human-Robot Interaction", by Madeleine Clare Elish, Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, DATA & SOCIETY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 23 Mar 2019 https://estsjournal.org/index.php/ests/article/view/260 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-1178 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17351/ests2019.260
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