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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

I'm gen X working in a field and job that will absolutely be hit HARD by this. I'm fully aware I'm most likely working my last "real" job before I'll have to move on to gigs. I'll surely not be eligible for pension when this starts happening (only 41) but I fully expect my position to be taken by AI somewhere in the next 5 years.

I'm not fighting it. Something tells me the entire world will have... other attention-demanding proclivities in 5 years, and employment may not even be in the top 10 at that time.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

@ 41, you are a Millennial friend.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The dates are fuzzy, because generations are more cultural than clinical.

If person born in 1984 grew up thinking "I could get a good job but what's the point" and worried about nuclear war constantly, they might ID as genX.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, yeah that's interesting I hadn't thought of it that way.

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