@rickoooooo@social.authbypass.com
Post #1463284
2026-03-16 14:37 UTC
@liztai @cliffle I'm in the USA and must admit that I've only ever thought about AI in my own "context". Your essay made me realize that so thank you. I read another essay recently that discussed AI and how we only look at its effects based on our current environment. If in the US we had social safety nets like healthcare for all, UBI, etc, then worker displacement due to AI would not be as terrible. Instead it could even be good in that it would free up many people to start small businesses.
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@liztai@hachyderm.io 2026-03-17 02:58
@rickoooooo did you mean my essay? Yes, it's true. So far I am not seeing many people being fired for AI reasons here. But we also have some safety nets. For eg, recently my bro was retrenched and he had six months of wage support from our government. Yes, we have something called EIS which enables us to have six months of wages while we find a new job. @cliffle