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0 pointsfergonco7mo ago0 comments

Rough numbers look good.

But the hyper specialized geek that has 4 kids and has to pay back a credit for his house (that he bought according to his high salary) will have a hard time doing some gardening, let's say. And there are quite a few of those geeks. I don't know if we'll have enough gardens (owned by non geeks!)

It's like cards are switched: those having the upper socioeconomic class will get thrown to the bottom. And that looks like a generation lost.

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monknomo7mo ago

building on what you're saying, it isn't as though we are paying physical labor well, and adding more people to the pool isn't going to make the pay better.

About the most optimistic is that demand for goods and services will decrease because something like 80% of consumer spending is coming from folks that earn over $200k, and those are the folks ai is targeting. Who pays for the ai after this is still a mystery to me

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0 pointsfergonco7mo ago0 comments

Rough numbers look good.

It's like cards are switched: those having the upper socioeconomic class will get thrown to the bottom. And that looks like a generation lost.

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monknomo7mo ago

building on what you're saying, it isn't as though we are paying physical labor well, and adding more people to the pool isn't going to make the pay better.

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