Re:Why AI Won't Cause Unemployment
by jrumbut on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:06AM
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Limited to gambling is hardly limited at all if your mission is life is to extract money out of people by any means possible.
If your mission is whatever noble sounding thing most investors claim then yes, it is very limited.
On the topic of the article. Employment and unemployment are social constructs and how AI changes them is up to us.
It won't inevitably lead to a post-scarcity society or to mass poverty.
What happens will depend on what you, the reader, do. Do you assume it will all work out? Do you get active in remaking the social contract? Do you try to exploit the situation for your own ends?
If your mission is whatever noble sounding thing most investors claim then yes, it is very limited.
On the topic of the article. Employment and unemployment are social constructs and how AI changes them is up to us.
It won't inevitably lead to a post-scarcity society or to mass poverty.
What happens will depend on what you, the reader, do. Do you assume it will all work out? Do you get active in remaking the social contract? Do you try to exploit the situation for your own ends?