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One does not get to handwave past critical problems with the globally dominant mode of social organization. This shit is an actual problem. Given the obvious (no amount of unemployment is going to convince the folks with power and influence to make the jump to luxury space communism) there isn't much to be rosy about here.

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Exactly this. It's mind boggling that people seem to be focusing almost entirely on the use cases AI will enable, with no regard at all to how people will pay their bills once their jobs have been automated away. The reaction I see here and similar forums elsewhere seems to be "yeah yeah, it'll all work out, don't worry, now will you just leave us alone so we get on with making sure AGI arrives ASAP?". Wild...

I can’t think of a time we have ever worried about saving people’s jobs from new technology. If we actually do it now, it might be the first time in history.

You mean "stopped deploying technology in order to saving jobs" instead of "worried about it"

yes, I saw someone angry because how dare people don't expect his new AI era coming.

Trickle-down will continue to work just fine, for those sufficiently handsome, well-mannered and obedient for entertaining the equity lords.

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