"BMW blinker installers still get paid": a one-liner on why AI job fears are overblown
justalexoki · x · 2026-10-17
X user justalexoki offered a punchy take on AI job-displacement anxiety: "I'm not worried about jobs or people being made redundant with AI. There have been people installing blinkers on BMWs for decades and they still get paid." The joke riffs on the stereotype that BMW drivers never use turn signals, while carrying a tongue-in-cheek point that some seemingly redundant roles persist indefinitely.
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