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Comment by XCSme

11 hours ago

But how this transition will even happen?

Soon we will have some machines that can replace 50% of jobs, and this will happen basically overnight...

The steam engine replaced a lot of jobs. Tractors replaced a lot of jobs. Calculators replaced a lot of jobs. Computer used to be a job description before it was a personal device. There will be new jobs.

  • If we truly would get robots with AGI doing anything a human can do but cheaper|better|reliable, it's not comparable at all to history IMO.

    It's not "a lot of jobs", it's "all jobs".

  • Entire towns got decimated when their jobs went away, such people fill their lives in drugs and vote for politicians who promise to bring back jobs.