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I’m not sure I’m looking forward to the politics that would come out of 10-20% of the previously middle class becoming instantly redundant and out of (middle-sa
by jakeinspace 4y ago
I’m not sure I’m looking forward to the politics that would come out of 10-20% of the previously middle class becoming instantly redundant and out of (middle-salary) work. That’s the fast path to fascism, unless we’re able to quickly implement UBI and other major societal overhauls.
- pineaux 4y agoThis is isn't speculating, this is truthing.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoTruthing as in theory quakery, not backed by evidence?
- JohnFen 4y ago> unless we’re able to quickly implement UBI and other major societal overhauls. Which are not going to happen.
- jakeinspace 4y agoSomething more approachable would be dropping payroll taxes to zero, or even making them negative for some positions, and significantly increasing corporate and capital gains.
- mrguyorama 4y agoThe problem isn't the specific policy, the problem is that right now the people who will be empowered and enriched the most by any theoretical "good at stuff" AI are the same people who already spend mountains of cash and effort stopping those things. How will a functional AI model do anything other than make them better at getting the outcomes they want? CEOs and the megarich have never had any problems watching people burn for their bank account.
- m_ke 4y agoYeah I share these concerns as well (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35305791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35305791). My hope is that some countries will see this as an opportunity to expand their safety nets and reduce the work burden on their citizens, which might convince citizens of countries that don't to demand similar policies.
- ngngngng 4y agoHow would we keep it as low as 10-20%? 60% of employees in the US are knowledge workers. That number is similar for most wealthy nations.