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I think the main we need to do at this point is political, to prepare of the massive social and economic disruption. The first order of business should be the

I think the main we need to do at this point is political, to prepare of the massive social and economic disruption. The first order of business should be the implementation (in jurisdictions that don't have it) of key escrow and restrictive gun control, to head off insurrectionist threats. After that, focus should then shift to dealing with the obsolete worker population in the maximally economical way.

version_five 4y ago
I already made my comment about insane takes for the day. I'm (optimistically) hoping this is a joke?
eganist 4y ago
> After that, focus should then shift to dealing with the obsolete worker population in the maximally economical way. Tax companies at 2x the single-taxpayer withholding amount lost per employee displaced. So if an employee normally makes 100,000 per year and the average withholding is ~35,000, if 10 jobs are displaced, the tax charge is 700,000. Company still saves 300k, and the AI displacing those ten heads probably Costa 10k per license anyway, so there's still room for AI to make economic sense while backstopping the sociological consequences. Put that tax revenue directly towards social services or minimum monthly reimbursement for everyone (UBI, just with a different name)
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > Tax companies at 2x the single-taxpayer withholding amount lost per employee displaced.... > Put that tax revenue directly towards social services or minimum monthly reimbursement for everyone (UBI, just with a different name) Nah. Politically, that's completely unrealistic. It also immorally directs too many resources away from the productive parts of society. We have to balance our pursuit of technology with the need for economic productivity and efficiency. A more realistic solution is state-sanctioned homeless camps in convenient, out-of-the-way places. Corporate taxes would probably have to increase a bit to pay for security, pacifying drugs, and food; but no more than what's necessary for containment. The camps will of course need to be sex segregated, to avoid wasting resources in perpetuity.
  - meindnoch 4y ago
    This must be irony.
meindnoch 4y ago
Based moderate.
barrysteve 4y ago
Please no, too much emotional whiplash from covid lockdowns to go to hypothetical Diet™ martial law, inside of a year and a half.

version_five 4y ago

I already made my comment about insane takes for the day. I'm (optimistically) hoping this is a joke?

eganist 4y ago

> After that, focus should then shift to dealing with the obsolete worker population in the maximally economical way. Tax companies at 2x the single-taxpayer withholding amount lost per employee displaced. So if an employee normally makes 100,000 per year and the average withholding is ~35,000, if 10 jobs are displaced, the tax charge is 700,000. Company still saves 300k, and the AI displacing those ten heads probably Costa 10k per license anyway, so there's still room for AI to make economic sense while backstopping the sociological consequences. Put that tax revenue directly towards social services or minimum monthly reimbursement for everyone (UBI, just with a different name)

tablespoon 4y ago
> Tax companies at 2x the single-taxpayer withholding amount lost per employee displaced.... > Put that tax revenue directly towards social services or minimum monthly reimbursement for everyone (UBI, just with a different name) Nah. Politically, that's completely unrealistic. It also immorally directs too many resources away from the productive parts of society. We have to balance our pursuit of technology with the need for economic productivity and efficiency. A more realistic solution is state-sanctioned homeless camps in convenient, out-of-the-way places. Corporate taxes would probably have to increase a bit to pay for security, pacifying drugs, and food; but no more than what's necessary for containment. The camps will of course need to be sex segregated, to avoid wasting resources in perpetuity.
- meindnoch 4y ago
  This must be irony.

meindnoch 4y ago

Based moderate.

barrysteve 4y ago

Please no, too much emotional whiplash from covid lockdowns to go to hypothetical Diet™ martial law, inside of a year and a half.