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> because productivity gains must benefit the lower classes to see a multiplier in the economy by this logic, the invention of mechanized farm equipment, which
by wagwang 7mo ago
> because productivity gains must benefit the lower classes to see a multiplier in the economy
by this logic, the invention of mechanized farm equipment, which displaced farm labor, didnt increase productivity
- malfist 7mo agoIt made food cheaper.
- trollbridge 7mo agoThe benefits largely accrued to the poorest people.
- whatisthiseven 7mo agoOn the contrary, humanity spent nearly its entire existence calorically deficit, and until mechanized farming did we finally see health outcomes improve, height increase, IQ increase, and populations explode. Productivity gains in the case of mechanized labor got everyone out of subsistence farming and into factories. AI gets everyone out of every job and into nothing.
- jopsen 7mo ago> AI gets everyone out of every job and into nothing. Why is mechanized thinking going to do that? When mechanized labor didn't?
- concats 7mo ago> Why is mechanized thinking going to do that? When mechanized labor didn't? You're right. There is technically a category of work that relies on neither our ability to do physical labor nor excessive thinking. It just relies on being a human. The conclusion is thus obvious: AI is going to push us all into careers as photo models, OF-creators, and social media influencers! /s