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> given our current economic systems, how are these people supposed to eat? I've said it before and I'll say it again. This right here is the crux of the issue
by malermeister 4y ago
> given our current economic systems, how are these people supposed to eat?
I've said it before and I'll say it again. This right here is the crux of the issue. The only way people get to eat is if we change the economic systems.
Capitalism supercharged by AI will lead to misery for almost everyone, with a few Musks, Bezoses and Thiels being our neofeudal overlords.
The only hope is a complete break in economic systems, towards a techno-utopian socialism. AI could free us from having to do work to survive and usher in a Star Trek-like vision of the future where people are free to pursue their passions for their own sake.
We're at a fork in the road. We need to make sure we take the right path.
- mostlysimilar 4y agoIt will take massive cooperation. Given how rough it was to make it through the pandemic... how can we hope to come together on something this daunting?
- malermeister 4y agoI hope I'm wrong, but I worry that the change will come the same way it came to Tsarist Russia or to the Ancien Régime. Things will get worse and worse until they boil over.