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Computers originally felt like they were going to obsolete a lot of jobs too. The Internet is just really good at delivering entertainment to people. Maybe the same thing will happen with AI.

This is the explicit and intentional promise of AI. There is no subtlety here.

Are you sure it isn't reversed? The economic conditions are such that jobs are being destroyed and AI is used as an excuse, almost a scapegoat, to fire people.

so?

so most people expect to lose more from AI than they will gain. No amount of AI is going to make up for downward mobility and lost income

Capital needs consumers, so the model will adjust to ensure that consumers can afford to pay for what they consume, or the whole thing implodes (including capital).

I can't see more productivity making us all poorer, it doesn't make sense. The world has been growing richer every decade.