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There is a difference between investing in a company who is developing ai software in a widely accessible way that improve everyone’s lives and a company that p
by autaut 3y ago
There is a difference between investing in a company who is developing ai software in a widely accessible way that improve everyone’s lives and a company that pursues software to put out of work entire sectors for the profit of a dozen of investors
- concordDance 3y ago"Put out of work" is a good thing. If I make a new js library which means a project that used to take 10 devs now takes 5 I've put 5 devs out of work. But ive also made the world a more efficient place and those 5 devs can go do some other valuable thing.
- gemstones 3y agoWhat percent of those devs don’t do a valuable thing and become homeless? Maybe devs are a bad example, so replace them with “retail workers” in your statement if it helps. Is “put out of work” a good thing with no practical limits?
- concordDance 3y agoYes, the ideal is when most jobs are genuinely automated we can finally afford UBI.
- lotsoweiners 3y agoWho can afford it? When LawyerAI and AccountAI are used by all of the mega corps to find more and more tax loopholes and many citizens can’t work then where will UBI come from?
- gemstones 3y agoAnd people with money will want to make UBI happen because...?