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A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month::Founder Rubén Cruz said AI model Aitana was so convincing that a famous Latin actor asked her on a date.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Horses were never "employed". They are essentially cattle. It's not like they like to be ridden, it's actually physically bad for them. Also sitting on the back of a flight animal is just perpetual torture. But that's besides the point.

The industry changes to something different, so the people can find jobs somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Horses were never “employed”.

They did a job and got paid for it (in food and housing). Sounds like employment to me. You can call it slavery if you prefer. But that doesn't change the fact that there were jobs that used to be done by a horse, that is done by a machine now. Meanwhile the resulting increase in productivity and market growth didn't create new jobs for horses, they were simply no longer needed in the job market. Machines where used for all the new jobs that appeared right from the start. The horsepower the horse provided could be provided easier and cheaper by a machine.

What jobs are left for the human once AI can replace their brainpower? Blue collar jobs might be safe for a while longer until robotics catches up. But a job that is mostly shifting information around, be it spreadsheets, phone calls or art, all of that is slowly getting into reach of being done by AI.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

But a job that is mostly shifting information around, be it spreadsheets, phone calls or art, all of that is slowly getting into reach of being done by AI.

Seems rather fast to me.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, Like slaves were "employed", because they were given food and shelter, but no option to freely choose. Not comparable imo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also sitting on the back of a flight animal is just perpetual torture.

As the owner of a wyvern I can vouch for this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That would honestly be pretty tempting :D