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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by Certhas on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:15AM (#23830553)
Or If we get a universal income, the cost of personal cleaners goes way up, and it suddenly makes way more financial sense to automate such routine jobs...
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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by marcusverus on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:53AM (#23830787)
A one-time, billion-dollar x-prize package would create plenty of incentive, without requiring the (politically fraught) middle step of UBI.
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