"AI Forces You to Confront the Replaceability You Avoided All Your Life" Goes Viral
Yamapama · x · 2026-11-09
@luckeyfaraday argues AI is forcing millions to confront a lifelong avoidance: being replaceable. That doesn't mean you're worthless—being good at a task never guaranteed no better way would exist. Society accepted machines replacing physical labor and computers replacing administrative work; why stop progress only when intellectual labor is automated? @Yamapama replies in agreement.
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