Counterpoint on AI and fertility: no more worrying about kids' careers
panickssery · x · 2026-10-20
zetalyrae argued AI will likely further depress fertility: on top of everything else, parents must worry whether their children will ever have a career.
panickssery offered the opposite view: if AI removes the worry about whether your children will ever have a career, it could instead ease the hesitation to have kids. The exchange captures two opposing takes on AI's long-term social impact—whether it deepens career uncertainty and suppresses fertility, or dissolves career anxiety altogether.
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