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humor The Hard Times 2026-04-17

AI Takes Everything: Job, Wifey, Kids, and Your Spare Change.

Turns out AI doesn't just take your career; it's here to collect on your entire human existence. Apparently, being unprepared for machine learning is the new poverty.


<p>First, it came for Aaron Blake’s software developer job. Then it confiscated his wife and children. And if that wasn’t enough, AI... <a class="font-medium" href="https://thehardtimes.net/blog/has-technology-gone-too-far-ai-just-came-for-this-guys-job-as-well-as-his-wife-kids-and-assets/" style="color: #3eb565;">Get the full story</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thehardtimes.net/blog/has-technology-gone-too-far-ai-just-came-for-this-guys-job-as-well-as-his-wife-kids-and-assets/">Has Techn...

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