alt Hacker NewsWhen did search replace all research jobs? How can an AI replace a masseuse? How far away away are we getting from an LLM that scratches your back for less than it costs you to do it?
People have unrealistic expectations because they literally think they are summoning god instead of accelerating a few concurrent tasks. If you want to break causality you need to pay the entropy demon it's due.
Everyone cites some niche "human-only" jobs to argue AI won't replace labor. But most of the economy runs on things like document processing, logistics, retail, and factories. High-volume, repeatable, rule-driven tasks, and in those areas, we're already on the brink of full automation. Autonomous retail stores, delivery fleets, and smart factories are either here or imminent. It's not about AI scratching backs, it's about replacing jobs that move trillions of dollars. Sure, top-tier researchers, system engineers, and other highly skilled knowledge workers will still be in demand, but for mass labor disruption, AI doesn't need to beat them, it only needs to outperform the average human