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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by surfingdino on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:59AM (#37671128)
> By replacing labour with robots and not compensating them, you're sending a clear message that you don't respect people and the value that they bring.

Compensation doesn't fix the problem. As more and more jobs get replaced with AI or robots, the number of ways of earning a living shrinks and people have no money to buy the products and services offered by the AI-poweered industrial complex. It's a problem that the billionaire gods don't want to see. The politicians don't have a clue how to address it either.

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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by ithkuil on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:03AM (#37671146)
Well, billionaires may stop being billionaires when nobody can consume their product/services because they can't afford them
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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by luminouslow on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:05AM (#37671161)
>the number of ways of earning a living shrinks

Is this true? it seems there are new ways cropping up all the time

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Re:Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I by surfingdino on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:16AM (#37672182)
Not everybody is able to constantly keep on reinventing themselves.
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