Thread by @AKaszon

@TheEconomist Why politicians should ask themselves why technocrats are suddenly so critical of immigration.

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@TheEconomist This year, the most powerful tools in their specific areas will be integrated into Grok, perfecting scientific work.

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@TheEconomist Many of the developers of artificial intelligence, the technocrats and drivers of digitalization are convinced that digitalization will create many new jobs, but the number of employment relationships will decline. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1917134…

@TheEconomist The essence of digitalization is rationalization in order to save labor costs through AI and automation processes, and a restrictive immigration policy is its "Zeitgeist".

@TheEconomist The vast majority of jobs in the future will require a university degree, which will intensify competition for the remaining low-wage jobs. Immigration will further exacerbate this problem.

@TheEconomist The losers of digitalization and the migration crisis will be the long-established migrants, who are still very often employed in the low-wage sector.

@TheEconomist If the refugees in Germany had not predominantly ended up in social welfare offices, the low-wage sector would have experienced a massive influx of cheap labor.

@TheEconomist In the past, the resulting competitive pressure led to growing discontent, which persisted until a course correction in migration policy was implemented. At that time there was no minimum wage and wages were depressed by oversupply.

@TheEconomist Analyze the voting behavior of people living in the problem districts in Germany. Marxloh is predominantly populated by migrants, and the AfD and DAVA (Erdogan's party) achieved the highest levels of support there.

@TheEconomist This is certainly largely due to the prevailing conditions there, but why aren't any workers voting for the Social Democrats anymore? They're flocking to the AfD in droves.

@TheEconomist An era will dawn in which people with low levels of education will desperately fight for currently unpopular jobs such as nursing in order to find a job at all.

@TheEconomist Working hours will continue to shorten. Back then, people worked 15 hours a day, and even small children were sent to the mines. Less work led to the workday being reduced to 8 hours.

@TheEconomist Soon it will be only 4 hours to get as many people as possible into employment, but people will not be able to make a living from that.

@TheEconomist AI will increasingly not only serve as a replacement for physical muscle power, but will also gradually take over cognitive functions.

@TheEconomist We are in the midst of a global AI arms race in which mission planning is increasingly being taken over by sophisticated algorithms.

@TheEconomist The country with the most powerful computing infrastructure gains the ability to counter attacks with precise counterattacks in the shortest possible time.

@TheEconomist Amid this escalating competition, regulatory hurdles are being reduced rather than increased, as no state wants to risk falling behind in this race.

@TheEconomist This will further accelerate digitalization and its impact on the labor market.

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@TheEconomist Our politicians are not paying enough attention to how digitalization will change our world.

@TheEconomist Military AI systems are uncensored. In an emergency, they would not consider the lives of American citizens more worthy of protection than those of an enemy unless an explicit value of human life was incorporated into their programming.

@TheEconomist Everyone can now have their news delivered to their own personal taste – perhaps in the captivating style of a WWF wrestling moderator, delivering the headlines with dramatic intensity and thunderous enthusiasm !

@TheEconomist People will be able to hear the news from a variety of perspectives – whether in the style of a left-liberal media outlet or in the sharp tones of the AfD

@TheEconomist The AI ​​can even be creative.

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@TheEconomist At some point we will see entire movies created by AI.

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