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		menacingly on April 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI is taking the jobs of Kenyans who write essays ... The form this argument always takes is: 1) undesirable_outcome will not happen, and here's a rational argument why. 2) ok, undesirable_outcome did happen but it wasn't undesirable in the first place and here's a rational argument why dismiss the concerns, then invalidate the concerns, it's how you keep progress moving

elbigbad on April 21, 2023 [–]

This outcome is desirable in the sense that we should live in a world where this cottage industry doesn’t exist, but it is undesirable that people are losing some of the best jobs available to them. Yes this is progress overall.

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