# Looks like AI is going to shift us all back to manual labor, like how it was for most of human history

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**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-ai-is-going-to-shift-us-all-back-to-manual-labor-like-how-it-was-for-most-of-human-history/983733 "2023-05-08T05:24:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-ai-is-going-to-shift-us-all-back-to-manual-labor-like-how-it-was-for-most-of-human-history/983733/202 "2023-08-03T14:32:36Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Another one getting **thousands** of comments and **thousands** of shares from credulous admirers is an old woman knitting a giant cat.

The crochet kitties have made it to Snopes.

> **[Are These Real Pics of Elderly Women With Giant, Crocheted Cats?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elderly-women-giant-crocheted-cats/?cb_rec=contentv1_placeholder)**
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> Viral images allegedly depicted, among other things, "a 80-year-old grandmother and her crochet finished product."

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