> What's bad is the demographic shift and the bomb that goes off when there aren't enough young people working and producing to support the old people who need

> What's bad is the demographic shift and the bomb that goes off when there aren't enough young people working and producing to support the old people who need care and pensions. HN is full of promises of AI bonanza to come about any minute now. That's the reason we have to endure inflation, unemployment, wars of domination and what not. Musk claims we won't have to work at all, AI would do everything, stuff is going to be free, etc. In other words, everybody would be unemployed or nearly so. That's the talk when it comes to promoting sacrifice to those who have little to sacrifice. However, when other issues are considered, that wonderful AI future magically disappears and we are back to profit-motivated arguments from the economics of the 19th century. What would be the reason for these abrupt transformations?