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0 pointsCentigonal2y ago0 comments

> Imagine checking the news and hearing that through AI and automation, we'd eliminated another 3% of unwanted jobs and those people were free to enjoy other pursuits.

We don't have any social safety net, so today those 3% can't enjoy other pursuits - they have to scrounge around for a new job. Even if we did, The primary path to security, freedom, and prestige in our society is through industry. We have to change this before automation can stop being a dirty word.

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gorjusborg2y ago

> We don't have any social safety net, so today those 3% can't enjoy other pursuits

Exactly. Its not that anyone wants a job, it is that the rules of the society they live in require it.

Heck, I can't even go to the doctor without having a job that provides health 'insurance'.

I'd be for letting AI have my job and doing what I want. I doubt the billionaire who runs the AI will see that it happens that way though.

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