"Every Job You've Had Was a Placeholder Until a Machine Could Do It"
rand_longevity · x · 2026-10-21
randlongevity: "every job you've ever had was a placeholder until a machine could do it. the placeholder phase is ending" — a stark one-line take framing human jobs as inherently temporary relative to AI capability, with the transition now underway.
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