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AI boosters: "look, AI is creating jobs, all of these doomers scaring you with job loses, don't listen to them" also AI boosters: "we are going to build a mill
by dist-epoch 1mo ago
AI boosters: "look, AI is creating jobs, all of these doomers scaring you with job loses, don't listen to them"
also AI boosters: "we are going to build a million robots, and the robots will build factories producing robots, there will be infinite abundance, nobody will need to work anymore"
- HumblyTossed 1mo ago> there will be infinite abundance Maybe. > nobody will need to work anymore If we define "nobody" as very wealthy people who partake in that abundance while everyone else ... goes away.
- visarga 1mo agoWhen AI gets that good, a solar panel can power a pile of motors and gears to move and do work for you that previously required humans. You won't need the job, you need to solve your necessities more directly. And that job is a good fit for the AI that was so good it put you out of a job.
- HumblyTossed 1mo agoSo... robots build shit that the wealthy who own the robots can profit from it and I need to ... what? ... go grow my own potatoes if I want to live? Okay...
- visarga 1mo agoOwn your robot, it will cost less than a car.
- jryle70 1mo agoFirst of all, cite them. Second of all, on which time scale, are they both talking about the near, mid or long terms?
- vanuatu 1mo agounironically the second scenario sounds better