Comment by wvenable

2 days ago

Why does it matter how it's sold? Unless you're overpaying for what it's actually capable of, it doesn't really matter.

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callc  2 days ago

We all have skin in the game when how it’s sold is “automated intelligence so that we can fire all our knowledge workers”

Might be good in some timelines. In our current timeline this will just mean even more extreme concentration of wealth, and worse quality of life for everyone.

Maybe when the world has a lot more safety nets so that not having a job doesn’t mean homelessness, starvation, no healthcare, then society will be more receptive to the “this tool can replace everybody” message.

  • wvenable  2 days ago

    If a machine can do your job; whether it's harvesting corn or filing a TPS report then making a person sit and do it for the purpose of survival is basically just torture.

    There are so many better things for humans to do.

    • callc  2 days ago

      I agree in theory. In practice people who are automated out of jobs are not taken care of by society in the transition period where they learn how to do a new job.

      Once having a job is not intimately tied to basic survival needs then people will be much more willing to automate everything.

      I, personally, would be willing to do mind numbing paperwork or hard labor if it meant I could feed myself and my family, have housing, rather than be homeless and starving.

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