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> look forward to the societal collapse that will occur once countries without meaningful social aid suddenly have no work for anyone to be paid to do This ass
by visarga 4y ago
> look forward to the societal collapse that will occur once countries without meaningful social aid suddenly have no work for anyone to be paid to do
This assumes 1. automation is free, 2. humans cost too much, so any company would ditch their humans for AI. But in reality AI costs money, AI is better with people than without, and people can generate profits surpassing the cost of their wages. Why would a company prefer to reduce costs to increasing profits? When everyone has AI, humans are the differentiating factor.