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In California, human mental health workers are on strike over the issue of their employers using AI to replace them.
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this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2025
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I suspect from now on we will see more and more strikes and protests like these. I'd guess by 2030 or so they will be a widespread global phenomenon. By that point, self-driving cars will rapidly be replacing most driving jobs too.
Most of us instinctively feel sympathy with the striking workers - deep down we know AI/robots will be coming for our jobs one day too.
But there's a paradox here. AI tends towards what economists call zero marginal cost, in plain language - near free.
What if AI Doctors as good as humans were nearly free & every human on the planet had access to their expertise. Surely, that is something to go on strike for - not against.
As long as it exists under capitalism, every human on the planet won't have access to it. It will cost nothing for the owners of the technology to run but they will charge a fee to use it.