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Those kids are crazy. We're finally close to realizing the dream of making labor obsolete, how could they not be excited and enthusiastic about the future? Most

Those kids are crazy. We're finally close to realizing the dream of making labor obsolete, how could they not be excited and enthusiastic about the future? Most of them will no longer needed, and thankfully those that are still needed can be paid more reasonable wages (i.e. lower ones). It's a win-win for everyone. The lower prices enabled by automation allow them to stretch their savings or inheritance further before its exhausted.

perching_aix 5mo ago
@palmotea: Doesn't matter. We're finally close to realizing the dream of making labor obsolete, or nearly so. Most of those kids are no longer needed, and thankfully those that are still needed can be paid more reasonable wages (lower ones). Who's gonna buy the products and services provided by automated labor? What will prevent a hyperinflation, making savings evaporate? Or do you further envision a mass genocide of the poor to go along with this?
- palmotea 5mo ago
  > Or do you further envision a mass genocide of the poor to go along with this? When their savings are exhausted, the problem will have a way of "taking care of itself." No gas chambers, no guns, just capitalism.
  - perching_aix 5mo ago
    @palmotea: When their savings are exhausted, the problem will have a way of "taking care of itself." No gas chambers, no guns, just capitalism. No conflicts and uprisings? Are you sure? History would suggest people don't go down without a fight.
    - palmotea 5mo ago
      > No conflicts and uprisings? Are you sure? History would suggest people don't go down without a fight. Uprising will soon be a thing of the past. We have cheap kill-drones now, and soon they'll be AI powered.
      - perching_aix 5mo ago
        > We have cheap kill-drones now But then there's your genocide, isn't it?
    - wolvesechoes 5mo ago
      > No conflicts and uprisings? Are you sure? History would suggest people don't go down without a fight. History also shows it happens mostly in young societies, not in those with median age getting close to 50. Old people are mostly concerned with extracting resources from young to keep their standard of life, so the latter won't just need to fight AI overlords, but their own elders as well, while being a shrinking minority.
ipython 5mo ago
how do you... earn those savings in the first place? (or am I missing a /s somewhere?)
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- littlexsparkee 5mo ago
  i read it as sarcastic, too cheeky not to be
sbarre 5mo ago
> The lower prices enabled by automation LOL In the modern digital era, technological efficiencies and disruption have almost always led to rent-seeking monopolies, regulatory capture to prevent competition and enshittification leading to higher prices for end users.
apothegm 5mo ago
I think you may have run afoul of Poe’s Law.
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perching_aix 5mo ago

@palmotea: Doesn't matter. We're finally close to realizing the dream of making labor obsolete, or nearly so. Most of those kids are no longer needed, and thankfully those that are still needed can be paid more reasonable wages (lower ones). Who's gonna buy the products and services provided by automated labor? What will prevent a hyperinflation, making savings evaporate? Or do you further envision a mass genocide of the poor to go along with this?

palmotea 5mo ago
> Or do you further envision a mass genocide of the poor to go along with this? When their savings are exhausted, the problem will have a way of "taking care of itself." No gas chambers, no guns, just capitalism.
- perching_aix 5mo ago
  @palmotea: When their savings are exhausted, the problem will have a way of "taking care of itself." No gas chambers, no guns, just capitalism. No conflicts and uprisings? Are you sure? History would suggest people don't go down without a fight.
  - palmotea 5mo ago
    > No conflicts and uprisings? Are you sure? History would suggest people don't go down without a fight. Uprising will soon be a thing of the past. We have cheap kill-drones now, and soon they'll be AI powered.
    - perching_aix 5mo ago
      > We have cheap kill-drones now But then there's your genocide, isn't it?
  - wolvesechoes 5mo ago
    > No conflicts and uprisings? Are you sure? History would suggest people don't go down without a fight. History also shows it happens mostly in young societies, not in those with median age getting close to 50. Old people are mostly concerned with extracting resources from young to keep their standard of life, so the latter won't just need to fight AI overlords, but their own elders as well, while being a shrinking minority.

ipython 5mo ago

how do you... earn those savings in the first place? (or am I missing a /s somewhere?)

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littlexsparkee 5mo ago
i read it as sarcastic, too cheeky not to be

sbarre 5mo ago

> The lower prices enabled by automation LOL In the modern digital era, technological efficiencies and disruption have almost always led to rent-seeking monopolies, regulatory capture to prevent competition and enshittification leading to higher prices for end users.

apothegm 5mo ago

I think you may have run afoul of Poe’s Law.

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