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this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2024
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Moreover, Luddites were opposed to the replacement of independent at-home workers by oppressed factory child labourers. Much like OpenAI aims to replace creative professionals by an army of precarious poorly paid microworkers.
Yep! And it's not like a lot of creative professionals are paid all that well right now. The tech and finance industries do not value creatives.
"Starving artist"
Obviously I can't speak for all countries, but in mine, an artist and a programmer with the same years of experience working for the same company will not be getting the same salary, despite the fact that neither could do the other's job. One of those salaries will be slightly above minimum wage (which is currently lower than the wage needed to cover the cost of living), and the other will be around double the national average wage. So there are in fact artists using food banks right now, and it's not because the creatives aren't working as hard as the tech professionals. One is simply valued higher than the other.