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Showerthought: I thought the 'AI will take our jobs' panic was overblown until 2 things happened at my gym
I used to roll my eyes at the doomers. Then my gym in Fresno replaced the front desk with a check-in screen and 2 of the 4 trainers got cut in the same month. My buddy Marcus, who swore automation would never touch 'people work,' lost his scheduling gig to a chatbot that books clients faster than he did. Now I'm not so sure. Anyone else seen this happen somewhere that felt safe from it?
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ben_nguyen4d ago
Tbh that gym stuff sounds more like a company cutting costs and blaming the tech. Plenty of businesses use self check in and still keep real trainers around, so the screen didn't force them to fire anyone. Marcus losing a booking job is rough but booking is just data entry, that's been going away since before AI was a thing.
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