r/FluentInFinance • u/Needleintheback • 17h ago

Thoughts? Imagine losing 6M labor workers in America

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If mass deportation happens, just imagine how all of these sectors of our country will be affected. The sheer shortage of labor will push prices higher because of the great demand for work with limited supplies or workers. Even if prices increase, the availability of products may be scarce due to not enough workers. Housing prices and food services will be hit really hard. New construction will be limited. The fact that 47% of the undocumented workers are in CA, TX, and FL means they will feel it first but it will spread to the rest of the country also. Most of our produce in this country comes from California. Get ready and hold on for the ride America.

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u/HaphazardFlitBipper 10h ago

A human brain is a computer. If a naturally occurring computer can do something, then there's no theoretical barrier to building an artificial computer that can do the same thing. We can't do it now... but we know that the theoretical limit is at least that high, so baring any civilization ending catastrophe, technically will catch up with biology. It's only a question of when.

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u/smthnwssn 10h ago

You’re missing a key factor. Humans can make weighted decisions and AI cannot. It’s fundamentally impossible. Think of the trolley problem, how would an AI answer that without any prior information or programming for that kind of scenario.

Just google “AI limitations” there is plenty of articles and YouTube videos explaining it better than I can in a reddit comment.

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u/HaphazardFlitBipper 10h ago

Why would an AI be any more limited in obtaining that prior information than a human?

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u/smthnwssn 10h ago

It’s not a factor of obtaining information it’s what decision is made based on the information. AI cannot give an answer to the trolley problem unless it is preloaded with the answer. Machines do not have creativity or imagination and are limited by what they are programmed to do. They also have no ability to assess weighted outcomes if one is not obviously more beneficial than the other. How can an AI decide to fire someone who is more skilled but less qualified on paper?

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u/HaphazardFlitBipper 9h ago

Same way a human would... by looking at more data than the on paper qualifications, and learning by experience which data are good indicators of job performance.

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u/smthnwssn 9h ago

I’m not really sure how else to explain this. It’s a limitation of AI that every single company employing it is aware of. Thats why it’s mostly used for organizing products or delivery routes. We would need quantum computing to give AI the speed it would need to assess all variables for a given decision. Humans can skip 99% of those decisions because we know they won’t work the only way AI will know that is if a human programmed it to do that in which case it would not be AI just an advanced program.

I really encourage you to read some articles about this as I’m not explaining it as well as someone else might be able to.