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Re:Stephen Hawking confirms: The problem is Capitalism, not ... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @08:27AM (#11202395)
Then disagree with the premise. Is it wrong? Why is it ridiculous? Are the adavances in robotics and ML that we are currently experiencing going to hit a wall soon?
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Re:Stephen Hawking confirms: The problem is Capitalism, not ... by asift on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @08:39AM (#11202458)
It's not that advancements are going to hit a wall. It's absurd to assume human demand for consumption is finite. There will always be human desires that cannot be satiated by machines.
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Re:Stephen Hawking confirms: The problem is Capitalism, not ... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @08:50AM (#11202524)
Even if that's true, it doesn't say anything about ratios. Say 90% of our needs are met by machines, 10% is not, we still have a huge problem in terms of labor/capital value mismatch.
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Re:Stephen Hawking confirms: The problem is Capitalism, not ... by lbebber on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @08:49AM (#11202520)
> There will always be human desires that cannot be satiated by machines

Not necessarily - and even so, the work left to be done by humans might only cover a small % of the population.

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