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Neil E. Hodges on Nostr: These people have no self-awareness nor ability to see what's really going on. :/ ...

These people have no self-awareness nor ability to see what's really going on. :/
[share author='Neil E. Hodges' profile='https://f.kawa-kun.com/profile/tk'; avatar=' ; link='https://f.kawa-kun.com/display/881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054'; posted='2026-08-30 18:17:08' guid='881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054' message_id='https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054';]Keep in mind that if you're only making a living because of your wage, [b]you are working class[/b]. That includes software engineers. Don't think executives from the ruling class are going to give you special treatment after they've replaced [i]you[/i] with LLMs. Cheering that on is exactly the same as cheering for your unemployment and worse.

[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998][img= ]Sorry but arguing that software engineering isn’t “working class” is one of the main reasons software engineers rarely have a union, and why they end up as pawns in politics.[/img][/url]

[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462][img= ]First tweet: "I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively." Second tweet: "Consider also the possibility that the very wealthiest privately acknowledge the climate catastrophe and their solution is simply to allow 90% of humanity to perish, after training the machines to replace them. AI fanboys are like turkeys admiring the Christmas lights."[/img][/url][/share]
Keep in mind that if you're only making a living because of your wage, [b]you are working class[/b]. That includes software engineers. Don't think executives from the ruling class are going to give you special treatment after they've replaced [i]you[/i] with LLMs. Cheering that on is exactly the same as cheering for your unemployment and worse.

[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998][img= ]Sorry but arguing that software engineering isn’t “working class” is one of the main reasons software engineers rarely have a union, and why they end up as pawns in politics.[/img][/url]

[url=https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462][img= ]First tweet: "I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively." Second tweet: "Consider also the possibility that the very wealthiest privately acknowledge the climate catastrophe and their solution is simply to allow 90% of humanity to perish, after training the machines to replace them. AI fanboys are like turkeys admiring the Christmas lights."[/img][/url]