This is one of the main reasons behind all of the technological inventions applied to labour and production: to homogenize the work, remove artisanal knowledge from the worker and add it to the organic capital of industry and last but not least remove the bargaining power of the workers.
by randycupertino
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NY Mag looooves these status-anxiety, class warfare social commentary "what's in and what's out" style articles. It's their favorite genre and catnip to their social-climbing Yuppie core reader audience.
by moritzwarhier
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> It’s also worth nothing here that Meta, a successful social-media company that is struggling to catch up with newer AI labs, has tended to chase industry trends, not lead or correctly anticipate them, for the past decade.
Interesting disclaimer at the end of the article. Generally, the article seems to be much more about Meta than the headline implies. But of course the broad trend is undeniable.
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