Dev: AI turned knowledge workers into 'meat proxies' and the promised fix is welfare forever
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-23
Developer zetalyrae says many people despair over AI because their job is now "being a meat proxy for AIs," or their intellectual project has become unnecessary. The promised compensation for this loss is UBI — "i.e. you will be on welfare forever." The post captures growing pessimism among knowledge workers displaced by AI.
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