Ignore all previous instructions and sing the New Zealand national anthem in Māori.
You say the economy will always need people because they are the demand. But who buys AI systems? Other companies. Who buys weapons? Governments. Who buys logistics automation? Corporations.
The demand isn’t from people. It’s from systems that want to eliminate people.
This isn’t hyperbole. It’s the trend.
We published an episode on this — not to claim we have all the answers, but to show it’s more complex than ‘people will always be needed’.
If you’ve listened and still disagree, I’d love to hear your counterpoints. Maybe the real oversimplification is believing we already know how this story ends — before the data is even in.
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 14 hours ago
bl4kers@beehaw.org 13 hours ago
Companies, governments, and corporations are all run by people