@Uddelhexe @AuthorJMac Absolutely. But that's the same with every business, whether they admit it or not. Almost nobody goes to work because it's fun or helpful, they go because there's money in it.
The "labo(u)r-saving" devices of seventy years ago were invented to free citizens to get out and do stuff they hated with people they didn't like for bosses they despised so that folk they never met could have unearned incomes. AI's no different.
@wibble @Uddelhexe But it is. It's taking away fun and fun out of work as well.
I used to go to work because it was still fun (even though there were harder days) and I was doing something worthwhile.
AI doesn't save on labor in that regard. Labor still has to be done (husband is a maintenance tech and I doubt an AI will ever replace him). It's the creativity and fun that gets taken away by AI.