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Re:AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’–it’s the corporat... by tehjoker on Saturday May 06, 2023 @08:29PM (#35846668)
If we had enough in the 50s, then if we took a hit on GDP now when we have more productivity than the 50s, then we can take care of everyone.
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Re:AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’–it’s the corporat... by m4nu3l on Sunday May 07, 2023 @07:37AM (#35850341)
> If we had enough in the 50s

By what standard? In the 50s a lot of things didn't even exist.

> then if we took a hit on GDP now when we have more productivity than the 50s, then we can take care of everyone.

If the hit is closer to 100% than to 0% then no. Examples: The USSR, Maoist China, North Korea.

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Re:AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’–it’s the corporat... by tehjoker on Monday May 08, 2023 @11:00AM (#35862301)
Food, shelter, education, etc. Those things existed in the 1950s, we have nicer versions now unevenly distributed.

I guess you're just an ideological anti-communist.

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Re:AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’–it’s the corporat... by m4nu3l on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @01:11PM (#35877354)
Of course I'm an ideological anti-communist. I prefer not starving to death like in the great famine - which happened in the 50s-60s in a society that applied the principles you are proposing.
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