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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by lostgame on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @11:27AM (#30856494)
Yet another reason why Universal Basic Income is going to become a necessity. As each industry automates itself more and more, it'll be UBI or total riots and chaos.

And thank God. People are not robots. They shouldn't have to spend their valuable lives doing repetitive, monotonous tasks for 8+ hours a day to barely survive anyway. So long cashiers, so long truck drivers, and hello future.

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by thehappypm on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @11:39AM (#30856687)
I disagree with this. There’s a labor shortage in just about every industry right now, we aren’t in a high unemployment world by any stretch. UBI is not needed when wages are high and unemployment is low.
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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by tharga8616 on Friday April 01, 2022 @02:01AM (#30875573)
It's a matter of time. We automate to work less, not more.
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