Comment on Pilot project

• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If the corporate fantasy of replacing all jobs with AI were to actually come to pass, what are all the now jobless people supposed to do? Quietly wait in a back alley to starve to death?

  So either universal income happens, or the one percent learn that there’s no level of technology that will overcome a two orders of magnitude disadvantage in numbers.

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  • Exatron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, nothing but fearmongering.

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• grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because the alternatives are pointless toil or perishing (spoilers: neither of these are off the table)

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  • Exatron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re going to have to elaborate on that. Why are those the alternatives?

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s assuming a lot, but running with the premise of bots totally replacing human workers (dubious), either workers keep working even though they don’t need to (pointles toil), or they cease to exist as they last lever on power is removed (the ability to bargain by withholding their labour).

      It’s silly

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