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Re:Building AI by tlrobinson on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @01:41PM (#10981983)
I'm less concerned about AI "taking our jobs" (see the other comments on lump of labor fallacy, etc) than what happens if we cure all disease, which is the only thing keeping population in check. How many humans can Earth support? What happens when we run out of resources? Will the ability for humans to live much longer help us colonize space? I hope so.

That said, it would be really nice to cure diseases that are particularly painful or kill young people (cancer, etc).

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Re:Building AI by user8341116 on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:31PM (#10982399)
"What happens" is, the only reason 99% of humans are allowed to exist in the first place is because they were a good source of labor/taxes for the ruling class. Guess what happens the 99% no longer have anything worthwhile to offer?
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