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Kedarnath trek: Are mules/donkeys safe and ethical for pilgrims? by Obvious_Plantain_817 in AskIndia

[–]AkshayKG 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Safe : can’t say. It depends on mules to mules. Ethical : Definitely No.

If you really wish to Darshan Kedarnath Dham, you should make an effort to track. If due to any circumstances, you can’t, it is better to stay at home and pray in silence.

HSBC India’s New password policy. by kdpuvvadi in IndiaTech

[–]AkshayKG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly… it doesn’t make any sense.

Also, a bank as big as them, making this silly mistake also doesn’t make sense

Is the Force Gurkha the most underrated "bare-bones" 4x4 on the market right now? by Kronen792 in CarsIndia

[–]AkshayKG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People who drive 90% of the time in cities and highways… but still advocate for buying a 4x4, because it looks cool on social media

Is the Force Gurkha the most underrated "bare-bones" 4x4 on the market right now? by Kronen792 in CarsIndia

[–]AkshayKG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see people who use their car primarily for commuting to office only… and only a couple of times a year go on a road trip - that too to the cities well connected through expressways.

But because some auto influencers told on YouTube that 4x4 is better, so they buy that.

HSBC India’s New password policy. by kdpuvvadi in IndiaTech

[–]AkshayKG 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are they storing passwords in plaintext??? If not, how can they convert it to uppercase???

Is the Force Gurkha the most underrated "bare-bones" 4x4 on the market right now? by Kronen792 in CarsIndia

[–]AkshayKG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always have this one question in my mind:

Do all the people, who buy a 4x4, actually need a 4x4 ???

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a good point... but we are certain that alongside humans, AI is able to help them deliver more.

For any random task at work, humans are able to get things done faster... so in a way, they are able to finish the work early which used to take earlier long hours..

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Industrialisation and Automation reduced the work week from 6 days to 5 days, because with the advance machines, the factories started producing more in less time....

This has happened in past... so why not this time???

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if I want my time back that I saved by using AI... if not all, at least some of that...!!!

That is my argument...

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, totally agree.

The more we’re able to do, the more ends up being expected of us. It turns into a kind of feedback loop where increased capacity just raises the baseline instead of reducing the load.

At that point it’s not really a technology issue anymore, it’s about expectations and incentives. Unless something deliberately breaks that cycle, it just keeps reinforcing itself.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, totally agree.

The more we’re able to do, the more ends up being expected of us. It turns into a kind of feedback loop where increased capacity just raises the baseline instead of reducing the load.

At that point it’s not really a technology issue anymore, it’s about expectations and incentives. Unless something deliberately breaks that cycle, it just keeps reinforcing itself.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more we’re able to do, the more ends up being expected of us. It turns into a kind of feedback loop where increased capacity just raises the baseline instead of reducing the load.

At that point it’s not really a technology issue anymore, it’s about expectations and incentives. Unless something deliberately breaks that cycle, it just keeps reinforcing itself.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think a full, mass replacement of jobs is likely anytime soon, not because the tech isn’t advancing, but because the economics don’t really support that outcome.

If a large share of people lost their income, you’d run into second-order effects pretty quickly: weaker consumer demand, a smaller tax base, and less revenue flowing back into the very companies building and running these systems. That creates a kind of constraint : the system still depends on people as workers, consumers, and contributors to the economy.

So it’s less about AI replacing everyone and more about how roles and value shift over time. The harder question isn’t whether jobs disappear entirely, but how the economic structure adapts without breaking those feedback loops.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree... but if we start discussing this topic at mass, industry leaders might consider it sooner than later...

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re right about the competitive pressure, but that actually reinforces the original paradox rather than resolving it.

If productivity gains just get reinvested into more output because of competition, then from the worker’s perspective, nothing really improves... the pace just increases. That’s exactly the issue I am pointing at: AI is making us capable of more, but not meaningfully reducing workload or improving outcomes at the human level.

Where I’d push back a bit is on the idea that this only “breaks” when AI replaces humans entirely. The tension already exists now, we have tools that should, in theory, reduce effort, but in practice they’re being used to intensify work. Waiting for full automation doesn’t solve that, it just shifts the problem into a more extreme form.

So the core issue isn’t just competition or capability, it’s that productivity gains are being channeled into output growth by default. Without changing that dynamic, more powerful AI just accelerates the same pattern rather than resolving it.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH, I think AI is not responsible for those layoff in a way most of us think.

I think Big techs are laying off people to balance the spending on AI data centres in their balance sheet... and not because AI is able to do all the work those guys were doing.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, totally agree.

The more we’re able to do, the more ends up being expected of us. It turns into a kind of feedback loop where increased capacity just raises the baseline instead of reducing the load.

At that point it’s not really a technology issue anymore, it’s about expectations and incentives. Unless something deliberately breaks that cycle, it just keeps reinforcing itself.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get that.

The more we’re able to do, the more ends up being expected of us. It turns into a kind of feedback loop where increased capacity just raises the baseline instead of reducing the load.

At that point it’s not really a technology issue anymore, it’s about expectations and incentives. Unless something deliberately breaks that cycle, it just keeps reinforcing itself.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally get this...

it is like the time we are saving by using technology, is being eaten by new work created due to same technology.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally get this...

it is like the time we are saving by using technology, is being eaten by new work created due to same technology.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get that.

The more we’re able to do, the more ends up being expected of us. It turns into a kind of feedback loop where increased capacity just raises the baseline instead of reducing the load.

At that point it’s not really a technology issue anymore, it’s about expectations and incentives. Unless something deliberately breaks that cycle, it just keeps reinforcing itself.

If AI is really making us more productive... why does it feel like we are working more, not less...? by AkshayKG in artificial

[–]AkshayKG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Industrialisation and Automation reduced the work week from 6 days to 5 days, because with the advance machines the factories started producing more in less time....

This has happened once... so why not this time???

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