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I am ethically and morally opposed to gen AI as a concept. As far as the breaking point, let me explain. I've been a machinist for ~18 years. It's been really bad for the last 9 years and I've more or less had to live off of savings from the good years (those savings are basically gone).

I've just recently gotten legitimate job offers for ~$125 an hour remote because I own a CNC. The catch is that I have to record all of the CAM programming and machine time in order to train an AI to replace potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs.

This fucking sucks. I'd love to sit on my ass forever at 43, but I absolutely fucking hate the potential that I could bring that would crush the working class and elevate the owning class.

I wish it wasn't this hard, because I really do believe in socialism and have labored hard for a long time to make it happen - but there's a chance I can put everything I have into true anarchism cause and make a legitimate difference.

Please help.

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[–] thedarkfly@feddit.org 1 points 30 minutes ago

You won't save the working class by yourself. Things are always changing, and under capitalism it is often for the worse. As another commenter said, CNC was the bane of lathe or mill machinists. There are still machinists, but now there are CNC operators as well. Who knows how things are going to be, but I can predict that there are still going to be lathe or mill machinists and CNC operators.

I'd say take the job. You live in the present. Being working class under capitalism necessarily means to be exploited by the powerful. It's the same here. Work to put food on your table, while you organize, educate people politically, and participate to decision making.