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Board Politics & Society
Re: Your Economic Recovery Program
by
lemonginger
on 23/07/2011, 02:18:45 UTC
If AI can do every job a skilled and creative human can, you've got a lot more to worry about than your naughty bits.

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I agree that automation doesn't nec hurt workers, but it doesn't nec help them either under the current arrangement, as most of the profit from that productivity gain gets captured by the super-rich. If we lived in a different socioeconomic system, I'd be a lot more excited about advancements that allow productivity to be gained, because then it is much more liekly that people will actually have the choice to work less and maintain a basic standard of living - eg the mythical world where the dripfeed essentially provides you basic shelter and food for next to nothing and one can build on top of that.