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		Aeolun on Aug 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Overworked and underpaid, VFX workers vote to unio... > the demand for their labor will go the same way as shoe repair workers Shoe repair worker seems like a very sustainable job to me. People will never not need shoes. Why would this be affected by AI?

glimshe on Aug 8, 2023 [–]

People are buying new shoes instead of repairing them, it's a pre AI disruption. In part cultural shift, in part the result of increased productivity and sophistication in shoe production due to automation.

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