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		qorrect on Feb 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ChatGPT Plus > It's going to be fascinating. I can't think of a time in the past where white-collar jobs have been made obsolete like this. Only thing that comes to mind is South Korea where most are highly educated and it's hard to get white collar jobs and the trashman makes $200K. It is going to be fascinating. I'm 50/50 on this ending in a Star Trek future , or a Dystopian nightmare.

alvah on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

I think you might have an extra 0 in that trashman salary. When I worked in South Korea I was on OK money, but most of the locals were not.

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