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Comment by RivieraKid

1 hour ago

But it's impossible to measure how does a company or a person benefit from AI. The economy is a complex system. A construction company may benefit more than a robot-making company.

The right approach could be to raise the general tax level, possibly increase the weight of wealth taxes, and redistribute.

That said, there will be enough jobs for the foreseeable future. Any job that has some physical component - hospital staff, barber, judge, bartender - won't be replaced within the next 2 decades.

Many comfortable jobs, typically someone who's sitting behind a computer at home or in the office, could get replaced. That would be bad for many people including me, but if you think about it, it would be a net good thing. I'm currently leaning towards "AI would be somewhat bad or at best neutral for me, but significantly good for the society".

> But it's impossible to measure how does a company or a person benefit from AI.

I think he was proposing taxing the companies offering AI.

> Re: AI killing jobs where you sit behind a desk

The robots aren't far behind.