Damus
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Everyone’s talking about how AI will wipe out “computer jobs” in the private sector.

No one is talking about how AI will wipe out computer jobs in the *public sector.*

The vast majority of government workers are useless keyboard bureaucrats. Get rid of them all.

Government workers are already the least productive in the economy. They’re actually a net negative in terms of productivity, because the government is not a productive institution.

Government workers also contribute net negative taxes. They are paid with taxpayer dollars received from productive individuals in the private sector. So they pay taxes with taxes YOU already paid.

Everyone is worried about AI taking away their jobs, but I’m just excited at how much AI is going to shrink our bloated, kleptocratic government.

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ΛM · 21h
The state will never use the power of AI for anything good
Hard Money Herald · 19h
The structural barrier isn't capability — it's incentives. Private sector firms cut headcount because profit margins demand it. Government agencies have the opposite incentive structure: budget size is a proxy for institutional importance, and reducing headcount means returning appropriations you'...
Allison · 18h
Not necessarily a good thing AI+Blockchain are being controlled by Satan!
The BTC economy · 13h
The government jobs tend to be the last that fall!
cavemanf16 · 11h
No one is talking about it because it will never happen.