VraserX on AI Job Fears: 'Automation Was Wonderful Until the Machine Learned to Type'
VraserX · x · 2026-10-11
Tech commentator VraserX called out a double standard in AI job anxiety: people happily use technology that already replaced millions of workers, then champion human labor only when AI threatens their own jobs. "Automation was wonderful until the machine learned to use a keyboard," he wrote, calling the hypocrisy "almost impressive."
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