Comment by lelanthran
13 hours ago
> This shouldn't be solved through regulation. It's on politicians to help people adapt to a new economic reality, not to artificially preserve bullshit jobs.
They already do this[1]. Why should there be an exception carved out for AI type jobs?
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[1] What do you think tariffs are? Show me a country without tariffs and I'll show you a broken economy with widespread starvation and misery.
How are tariffs supposed to stop domestically produced AI from replacing workers?
> How are tariffs supposed to stop domestically produced AI from replacing workers?
I didn't say it would.
I said that politicians already artificially preserve jobs, and asked, quite legitimately I feel, why should they make an exception for AI?
> Show me a country without tariffs and I'll show you a broken economy with widespread starvation and misery.
I think that would be Singapore, as far as import tarrifs go? Not much starvation there!
Do you mean taxes? Or excise duties or...?