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The Rise and Fall of the Knowledge Worker

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The Rise and Fall of the Knowledge Worker

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

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Knowledge workers, whose jobs involve handling information rather than producing goods, were supposed to be the beneficiaries of neoliberalism and globalization. But generative AI and a hypercompetitive employment market is immiserating them too.

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I have seen workers replaced with automation that sorta, kinda does the job but not really and its really making everything kinda suck nowadays.

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